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Evaluation In the assignment, we were asked to create a short silent horror film that was 3 to 5 minutes long. At the beginning of we were introduced to “German Expressionism”. We had to research what “German Expressionism” is, by looking at multiple films from the early 1900s up until the present day. I thought “German Expressionism” was very interesting and it taught me about how the horror genre started from then until now. Also, it taught me about different camera techniques such as Dutch, High and low angle shots. For this assignment, we were asked to research the horror genre, watch some clips and movies, discuss ideas in our production groups, do group research, go through pre-production stages, shoot footage on location and did our individual edits. The thing that went well during the assignment is that we managed to plan all the pre-production very productively. This, in turn, made our group very organised and we were ahead of schedule. Also, the team during the pre-...

Pre-production As a group, my team came up with ideas for our silent horror film that we were going to produce. The first was pre-production which included mind maps, script, mood boards, scripts, AV script, shooting schedule, shot list, equipment list, prop list, cast list, risk assessment. and the pitch. This was helpful, as a group, we found this part easy as we split it into sections. Production We went out on location to the areas in Epsom where we were going to film. We had to visit the location on several occasions to film, because of problems with my group getting there. In our film, Remmy was the main character who was excellent with his acting skills, as was Jed who was phenomenal. Jamie and I were the camera operators. I guided Jamie in what shots would be best for each scene and tested them out. Terry and Raheela were on audio. They played a big part in the short film as the audio needed to be crisp and perfect as the film will be played at Soho.  Some o...

Unfortunately I was unable to put all the images on blogger as it would of taken me multiple days to put them on, so I video recorded the pre-production and the link below is all my pre-production:  https://youtu.be/S5_To-smntE