Assessment Film: Samantha Whawell, Sorraya Begdeli, Francesca Shilton

For our assessment piece, we chose 30 seconds of the Psychological 1 Horror Film made by previous students. Originally, we had planned to include two characters but due to the absence of one of our group members on the day of filming, we were not able to fulfill the shots we wanted. This meant our planning sheet included a few different shots to the ones we ended up filming due to last minute changes. This is shown in our footage as it isn't always accurate to the actual film. However, it is mostly similar with only a few differences (for example, Samantha is shown running through the forrest, this was not meant to be included as it is featured towards the end of the Psychological movie, yet we decided to add it to replace the missing shots we were unable to film). We believe that there are a few continuity errors at the beginning where it doesn't seem to flow as much as we would've liked it too, an example of this is when the establishing shot shows the trees, there is a slight jump during the transition to this shot. Despite this, we believe that overall the continuity is quite good as other than the few errors, the rest of the footage flows quite well as it cuts from scene to scene. A negative to our film is that the day of filming was incredibly windy, this meant it affected the sound quite a lot, because of this we had to fully mute the footage which meant extra sounds such as Samantha walking weren't included. However we featured Samantha saying 'Hello' in the footage as this is a vital part to the sequence as it shows that she is alone. In matters of composition, the opening shot features both Samantha and the surrounding trees when considering the rule of thirds, we believe this is useful as it shows the main character and her surroundings to the audience and this is what introduces us to the sequence. Throughout the movie, Samantha is mostly featured in the middle of the frame meaning all attention is on her and her reactions, this highlights her being alone. However, there are a few shots where a lot of head space has been given and this a fault to the filming as parts of Samantha's body have been cut off (e.g. her feet and legs) yet large amounts of open space is in the frame. This is something that could be improved next time we film. As there aren't any main props or elements other than Samantha that need to be focused on, there was little else for the camera to highlight for the rule of thirds law. This meant that when looking at composition, there isn't much that we can comment on as Samantha is the main visual aspect throughout due to it being made up of only one character. 

Sorraya Begdeli, Samantha Whawell.