Monday, 16 November 2009

This one time I got so scared I think I shit myself a little

I'm just pointing out how unnerving and creppy the film 'paranormal activity' is. I watched this film a couple of weeks ago and to be honest. I could possibly say that it is one of the scariest films, I have ever seen. For one the positioning of the camera in the bedroom, I think is one of the things that makes me most unsettling as in one corner we can see the door and the dark hall; leaving the viewers imagination able to believe what is going to happen next or what is out there. The compositioning of this frame is epic in the scare ability as well because you could basically make anything happen because the whole room is on show. Another factor of this film which really makes this film a fright is the fact that it is so subtle, with recent films, filmed on camera such as quarantine. The film; to me is very exagerated with large action sequences whereas paranormal activity is the opposite and the viewer is left to use his imagination to think what is happening.

The worst part of the film for me was the scene is which the door in the room slams shut unexpectedly. I don't know why I found this the scariest scene, maybe because I wasn't expecting it and yet it was believable. The later scenes in the film were a little bit unbelievable, well to an extent. Another scene that definately unnerved me was the scene in which the main woman in the film gets out of bed and stands staring at her boyfriend. The camera's time speeds up and shows that the time has carried on for around 2 hours. This part was scary as hell because you have no idea what is going off and you don't know yet that she is actually possessed.

For me the ending let the whole film down completely. The ending just doesn't suit the rest of the film. There could have been so many better endings rather than just killing her.

Overall I'd say this film was amazing on such a low budget, but the ending let the film down massively.

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Script writing Masterclass

Yesterday I attended a script writing class at broadway cinema. It was a different experience and one I found interesting and insightful. I feel I learn't a lot because we were taught basic industry standard 'do's and not to do's' and given some funny examples to show this. After downloading and playing around with celtx. Scriptwriting is something I can see my self experimenting with in the near future.

Monday, 2 November 2009

Risk Assessments

After been given our coursework scripts and recieving one that wasn't one of my favourites. We then spoke to Jool's about it and realised a lot about it and now it is actually looking good.

Today me and Joe decided to go and do some location spotting and conducted some risk assessments on potential locations. We conducted risk assessments at the forest recreational ground, the arboretum and outside the registry office on shakespeare. Getting these done early means if we need to, we can change any of locations, we can do this quickly and not lose too much time.

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