LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNED IN THE PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE

FULL PRODUCT?

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?

The four technical conventions:

o Sound
o Mise-en-scene o Editing o Camera angles

I have learned and developed as well as applied these four technical conventions to my final thriller opening Noceur. This has been done through watching countless movies, such as Ghost in the Shall, Minority Report and classics like Psycho, Birds, etc Through watching these movies, and applying it within my own, I have developed my capabilities since my preliminary.

THE USE OF SOUND

Sound was a big factor we needed to improve on during our preliminary. We found an iphone couldnt record the sound properly, and consistently. Disregarding the high pitch screeches used for effect to open and close the flashback involving Hannahs disappearance, we managed to make sound much more consistent as well as involving a range of ambient sounds. Ranging from birds chirping, to the snapping of twigs as Harrison makes his way through the forest. This dialogue again we found wouldnt be our key focus, as our acting isnt extremely brilliant. As we found, we cannot handle that, thus we managed short, sweet phrases to keep the narrative going, whilst retaining a top-quality performance through editing.

USE OF EDITING
Editing is a key factor to make Noceur work. Especially since its from a perspective of a delusional, late teen. This conventions such as the 180 degree rule had to be abandoned. This was to enforce the sense of confusion amongst the audience, wondering, whys he there? and where is there? This was again enforced through the use of the additive dissolve to represent further flashbacks. This referenced to a chase between a female and a male. This small footage provides the entire story line, in a construed was. Another key factor of editing was skipping Harrisons walk down the boulevard during the beginning of the forest opening. By skipping parts, whilst keeping the music calm and continuous, the music becomes asynchronous to the scene, creating dramatic effect amongst the audience In comparison to our preliminary, little editing was introduced at all. We merely put the scenes in the right order.

USE OF MISE-EN-SCENE
In the preliminary, we used no mise-en-scene but the office environment. Regardless, it seemed inappropriate. Us as a group held ourselves too serious, whilst Harrison as the interviewee and later the centre of focus, less so. In our final piece, mise-en-scene was used to more the proficiently; involving the range from dirty to clean, Harrisons t -shirt had ambiguous meaning. For example, not only did it represent the time period, but also the purity of the character himself. Regarding the acting, it had improved greatly. Harrison kept his head consistently, and managed to portray someone retaining a mental condition excellently. This was done through the stone-like expression he kept. His range didnt end there, as he managed to recreate chase during the opening, both from first and thirds perspectives. Thus, mise-en-scene has improved immensely from our preliminary. Especially since it retained representation of mental illness, femme fatale and metaphors of corruption.

USE OF CAMERA ANGLES

During our preliminary, using a range of camera angles was part of our criteria. Especially over the shoulder, mid and close shots. The use of panning was also present, as well as high and low angles shots. Noceurs camera work received much more thought into the process. During our preliminary, we had little clue about conveying meaning behind our camera shots/angles. And we included the rule of thirds also, to maintain focus on certain people/objects. Most prominently was the Stick scene. It was centred in the screen to maintain the focus of the audience; to foreshadow almost that its going to snap. This retains the literal meaning that Harrison with a mental disease snapped. Regarding camera work, we used over the shoulder and first person shots to maintain third and first person perspective consistently throughout the piece. This allowed for empathy of the audience, thus confused as Harrison is about his position. Thus, the use of camera work had greatly improved.