Initial Filming Ideas

We have only just started thinking about our coursework, but we are presenting here some intial filming ideas to the class to get a sense of whether the ideas we have so far will work and whether we are able to film them practically. We are trying to walk them through as we have been advised when you are not sure if an idea will work, visualising it practically rather than on paper helps you see whether it is a viable idea or not.

Practise Film Sequence

Here is the murder sequence that we put together as practise for our coursework. We did not have much time to plan, film or edit it, but it meant that we got a chance to try out some of the skills that we will need for our coursework:

 Planning and Storyboard

We thought that our storyboard was designed well and used it as a guide to making our film clip. However, due to a lack of actors we couldn’t pursue all our ideas on the storyboard and ended up changing some parts of the story. This did mean that our film clip wasn’t as effective as we could only have one suspect.  

Acting

Most of the acting in our murder mystery was done very well and helped our film clip come across more believably. Although, Emily, who played as the mysterious girlfriend, had a tendency to look at the camera and alongside this she forgot to get rid of her gum, so our efforts to make it look like we were in a hugging moment weren’t as effective. It made it seem a little unrealistic and would be something I’d focus on more when filming our actual coursework.

Selecting shots and Angles

We decided to start our piece with and establishing shot of me at the locker retrieving a weapon, to set the scene for our audience. I think this was effective for our piece so the audience get a sense of what action is going to happen and it started off our film clip well. With the fade in effect, this also gave an effective impression to the audience and they get a flash back of when I first gained the weapon from Jordan. We also made it a low angle camera shot so we could see my emotions as I looked at the weapon alongside the flashback.  Alongside this we also did shots on when the camera would zoom into me as I am sprinting to meet Emily. When I arrived she would notice me from her Point Of View (POV shot). Another effective shot was when, once I had been killed our cameraman (Jack) got a shot of me lying down, however the camera was position in between leafs so it looked like someone’s POV, I thought this was very effective.  After hugging Emily she stabbed me, here Jack followed the camera around up as I collapsed, another effective shot in my opinion. I think our choice of shots and angles were selected well and would use similar techniques in my coursework.

Editing Decisions

I personally thought our editing was very good. Our murder scene was quite na unexpected death for the audience therefore the editing made it even more nail biting as the audience thought I was the murderer. At the beginning of the scene we used a fade in effect which showcased me scrambling through a locker franticly, this also lapped into the flash back of when I first gained the weapon from Jordan. Once I had gained the weapon, I ran out of the door which then skipped straight into my feet with the low camera angle. After running around the corner, I met Emily. She would notice me from her Point Of View (POV shot). Another effective shot was when, once I had been killed our cameraman (Jack) got a shot of me lying down, however the camera was position in between leafs so it looked like someone’s POV, I thought this was very effective.  Here the editing was very good as once I had been dragged to my death position, Emily retrieved the weapon from my bag and ran, but whilst running it was a POV shot but from someone else. This also is when I am laying down near the steps and someone see’s me through the leaves. So in the end I believe our editing was very successful.

Use of mise-en-scéne

I was quite pleased with our choice of location and setting. To start of with the lockers, this was very good as it was a very good storage area for the weapon. Also around the back of the D+T block where I met Emily and was murdered. Here it made a very mysterious and unknown felling making our scene very dramatic. Both of the areas suited our story line really well as was creepy, mysterious and unexpected for the audience. However we didn’t plan our props very well as a group. For our actual coursework this is something I will definitely change as it affects the authenticity of the clip a great amount. Our weapon was a ruler instead of a blade. However, the lighting was good because we were outside near the D+D block, which made it authentic whilst creating an atmosphere.

Use of Sound

There is not much sound in our clip, only the background sound is heard. However, when I’m running there’s a track that’s makes me seem that I’m in a hurry. I would next time add more music especially when the murderer is approaching. Overall, I think our murder mystery piece turned out quite successful and I was happy with the end result. I especially like the choice of location and some of the camera shots. However, when we do our actual coursework, I will focus a lot on editing, choice of props and choice of actors. I will also make sure we ease in and out of each scene and the music in them.

 

Practise Film Sequence

Early in the course, we tried to film a sequence from a fiction film as practise for the coursework. We only had two lessons to plan and film the sequence, which had to end in a murder. We learned a lot from all the mistakes we made planning and putting the sequence together.

Camera Angles

To start we found that getting the camera at the right angle was very difficult. Filming the first scene on the steel stairs was the most challenging as the floor was uneven, however we did still managed to film a high angle, and this did not benefit us. When you watch the film, you can see the camera wobble, and this is due to the floor. When we filmed the second scene, we filmed from the opposite angle to the first scene. When looking up at Wise and Ellen we had to film them though the stairs. This created a large shadow and the lighting was affected. Filming the Point of View shot only took up one try.  However this didn’t turn out well because the camera was quite unsteady. The last scene we recorded was probably the most successful as there was not any problems with the steadiness of the camera or lighting. This meant we could record through the fence. This gave the impression that the murder was in a isolated location. When we record anything for coursework we will try and record the scene so the light does not affect the camera and will film the scene from several different angles.

Our Group

I was happy with my group as everyone participated equally and no one was too domineering. This allowed everyone to share their opinions and views towards the project. Drawing the storyboard was challenging because all of us are terrible at getting our ideas onto the paper. When we sorting out the roles I was glad that Wise and Ellen didn’t mind taking part in the acting roles as I am not too confident in front of the camera.  When recording our sequence, I did most of the filming. This gave me an opportunity to shoot thing where I wanted to shoot them from. However if it didn’t look right or the lighting was wrong I would ask for the opinions of the other group members.

Planning storyboard

As I previously mentioned, no one in my group was a talented artist. We resorted to using stick men to represent Wise and Ellen. However because we were using stick men it made it more difficult to get ideas on the paper. So most for most of it we verbally planned it. This didn’t really matter as we adapted the paper storyboard when we were filming to suit the angles we wanted to film from. But saying this, we did use the same ideas as we had planned.  If I was to use a storyboard again, I think I would start it was a brainstorm. This would benefit everyone as all ideas will be looked at.

Lighting

When filming many scenes the light effected what we wanted to capture.  When looking at the first scene you can see that we filmed from a high angle on the stairs. We wished to continue this angle on the other side. The natural lighting, which we had no control over, meant that our shadows were appearing in the sight of the camera. This looked unprofessional so we decided to record from low down. The second scene where Ellen picks up the shovel, once again, shadows from building, I and Alice affected the film quality. It took a couple of times to succeed in getting the right angle for the camera.  We could change the amount of lighting by changing the time of day we filmed. This would improve the quality of the sequence.

Locations

Our location choices were very good. There is only a bit of two scenes that were affected by passersby. This meant we didn’t need re-record scenes due to interference.

The locations we filmed were in quiet places. The only background noise we experience were such things as planes and passing traffic. This was good as we could edit it out.  Another benefit of using the locations we did was that the buildings gave a feeling of isolation and privacy so it could genuinely be a place of murder, unlike other sequences. The foliage around the murder scene gave it a dark, scary feeling. This was not intended but too added to the affect.

Acting

I was very happy Wise and Ellen offered to do the acting. However I do have some criticism about their skills.  The first scene, you can see Ellen grinning. We managed to edit it out a tiny bit. But it shows that she needs to stay composed during further acting challenges. When Wise then realised she was being chased, it didn’t look like a convincing murder chase. Her running and slow hiding did not look genuine. The worst acting came from Wise in the last scene when she slips or trips on the brick and falls vulnerable to Ellen’s shovel. This was evidently faked.

Editing

I am pleased with most of the editing decisions apart from the point of view effects.  This made the quality of the scene poor. The effects we used made these shots look unprofessional and amateur. When editing I did most of the work. I did not mind this as it is my most favoured part of creating the movie. I hope to do more of the editing on future works. However, I do wish to widen my knowledge of editing software.  Another fault of the editing section is I did not think I spent a lot of time on it and maybe if I spent more, it would have looked better.

Conclusion

 

Overall I think this was a successful considering it was our first attempt at filming. As I listed above there are several changes I would like to make if we were to record something in the future. Also possibly in the future edit it from home as I have the software to do it now.

Practise Film Sequence

We were asked to put together short sequences ending in a muder from a thriller film to look at how to set up characters and atmosphere and to work on continuity editing. This is our sequence and our evaluation:

Evaluations of Murder Scenes-Conor, David, Harry and Amelia’s group

Planning and Storyboarding

I feel as though my group and I were quite good at getting our storyboard ideas together as, we came up with a rough outline for the story, with some camera angle suggestions. However, when we went out to film, we were unable to use some of our ideas from the storyboard as; we weren’t able to access the chapel on either of the days, due to there being a meditation so, I decided on another idea to replace our planned murder with.  The only criticism I’d have is that we didn’t plan all the aspects of the murder scene beforehand, e.g. the murder weapon.

Acting

I felt as though our acting was sufficient, although on some scenes like when I’m supposed to stumble, I couldn’t make a realistic stumble. Also, just before I get murdered, I don’t look that believable when I’m knocking on the door. Apart from that, I think our acting was quite good, especially the murder scene as, I thought that that was quite believable.

Selecting shots and Angles

I thought that some of our shots and angles were quite effective, such as the start when it’s a low angle of just our feet, also the one where you can see the killer’s body and weapon, without his head, just before he kills me. I do think that some of our shots could have been improved, such as the one, just after the island, which didn’t have the effect we thought it would. Also, I think we could have added a few more shots to set the scene so; the audience could get a feel of where we were and what we were doing.

Editing/Sound

I think that the editing was our weakest point as, it didn’t flow that naturally also, we weren’t able to insert much music or sound effects as, we didn’t have our desired amount of time to add these. I think that some parts, like when I get off the island, didn’t work well because; it just doesn’t flow or feel natural. However, parts like when David is coming close to me, work well as, there are a few shots which link in well, due to the good editing.

Mise-en-scene

I feel that our settings were good as they seemed as though we were chasing each other for quite a while as the locations are varied.  However, we wanted to use the chapel as the murder was to take place around that area, but we were unable to because there was a meditation taking place. The location of the murder was a dark dead end so it fitted in quite well. I would have liked it if we used some more realistic props as the only props we used were the murder weapon and a newspaper. The use of props is essential for letting the audience know what was going on. This is the same for costumes, I would have liked it if we could have used different costumes but this wouldn’t have been possible for this task.

Conor

 

Evaluations of Murder Scenes

Planning and storyboarding

We all agreed fairly quickly on what our story was going to be and also did this for our storyboard. We had decided on the roles we were going to play without much conflict. We had originally decided to place the murder scene by the chapel but we found out that there was a class in there and so we decided to change our setting to get as much filming done in the time period we were given. Although there were many disagreements on how the camera should be angled we did eventually decide what camera angle should be shot for each scene in order to give that horror and suspense effect. During the storyboard making, there were a lot of issues because no one in our group was particularly good at art so we were resorted into making stick men to show where our characters were going to be placed. We originally decided to do an aerial shot to give people a better understanding that this was in fact a chase and also to show the setting and the environment. But due to time issues we had to abandon this idea and go for a simpler shot.

Acting

Because of our lack of experience in acting there were a lot of scenes where we had to take more shots than needed. I found one of our actors was very stubborn and acted very unprofessional when it came to filming which resulted in us wasting precious filming time and also resulted in us losing editing time too. Conor and Harry were very good at playing their role for an amateur’s level. It was their first time being in a scene like this one and everyone was pleased with the way they acted.

Selecting shots and angles

Finding the right camera angle for a group of four people who have no experience with this whatsoever proved to be very difficult as we didn’t have enough knowledge about it. Also we found that we needed to take more than one shot in order to figure out what shot or angle would work best with the present scene. Also due to the battery of the camera we had to be quick with our decisions and filming. The scene where we had to a close up of Harry watching the chase proved to be quite difficult because we didn’t know how to really show a point of view shot. Another scene that proved to be difficult because of the camera angle was the close up shot for Conor. We needed this shot to show he was an important character and also the main character. Because this was a chase scene it was hard to get a steady close up on him as he was supposed to be running. We used simple angles because we didn’t have enough knowledge on how to use the more advanced angles. We did not reveal our murder’s identity because we wanted to create a mystery and hopefully get the audience thinking and grab their attention.

Working in groups

I was very happy with my group and was glad I was paired up with them. Although there were some arguments, everyone got along well and took it seriously. All of us wanted to try our best in this which is why we produced a piece of work which we were satisfied with. In our group everyone’s idea was welcomed no matter how unreasonable they were. The only reason why we had arguments was because we didn’t know what angles or shot should have been used. If we had a better understanding of those shots then we would have got on better. We had good cooperation when it came to both filming and editing. When we were editing we split up into two groups, one doing the first half of the whole scene and the other do the other half, this way we could save time and working more efficiently. When doing my real coursework I would like to have the same cooperation as I did with this group. But this time with complete understanding of camera angles, shots and many more things needed to provide good quality work.

Lighting

Lighting is very important to any scene especially in a murder one. However with the equipment we were provided we could not use it to its fullest effect as we did not know how to use it properly. Also because of our lack of knowledge we could not use much of the lighting effect. We could not use dark lighting at the end of our murder scene to show the uneasy feeling in the air as the main character was about to die. In order to fix this problem I suggest it would be best to scout an area where the lighting is fairly low and be good enough to use for a murder scene.  

David

 

Analysing Opening Sequences - Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

The film starts off with a dark and spooky entry, showing the Warner Brothers logo. The screen then cuts to an extreme close up of a man’s eyes. During this clip, the man is talking with no background noise, which makes you feel suspicious. The camera then cuts to a close up of the man, so we can see who it is and what he looks like as well his expression as he talks louder and more aggressively. This then moves to a shot behind him, where he is made into a silhouette by bright flashes of light, then an aerial shot behind the man, revealing that they are in a dark, dull green hall like room and the bright flashes of light were from the numerous cameramen who were listening to him talk. The use of dark colours gives the audience a sense of fear as everything is dark, gloomy and depressing so they are suspicious as, they don’t know what is going to happen as the story progresses.

The next scene shown is one of a newspaper with depressing headlines about murder, alongside words such as ‘panic’ and ‘death,’  which add to the dark, spooky and mysterious atmosphere created in the last scene getting. The cameraman then cuts so that you can see that the newspaper, this is a graphic match as it moved on from a scene with journalists to one of a newspaper, which was being read by a girl in a dark and gloomy room, painted and decorated with bland colours.  We then hear an older woman calling her to come downstairs before a close up of the girl who replies to the call and calls her mum. From the close up we can see that she is nervous so, the audience is left wondering why she is nervous. The next scene shows two people that sort of contrast her as, they look like they are in a more deprived area, they are dressed more commonly and one of them is carrying a garden trimmer, which suggests that they of a lower social status. We then hear the older man say that it’s too dangerous for them to be staying where they are, again adding to the suspicious atmosphere. It then reveals that the camera angle was a point of view shot of a boy who is looking out at them from their house window, who also has a nervous/scared look on his face, making it look as though there is something bad which is about to happen.

The following scene begins with an establishing shot of a small hut in a large field at night, signifying that time has passed between the scenes. It then moves over to a shot of a teenager, wearing a dull baggy outfit and scruffy hair, again making the audience feel like they are in a more deprived area. This boy also has a nervous look upon his face, adding to the suspense and making the audience again question what is going to happen as, the shots from all the three children show nervous looks upon their faces, as well as parents talking, although we never see their faces.

Sound

The movie begins with a collection of strange noises which build up and a slow, creepy song played in the background as the title Warner Brothers logo appears. This creates a feeling of tension and anxiety among the audience. The music and noises suddenly just collapse and disappear in an instant as the scene changes to the opening one with the extreme close up of the man in the dark green hall. The only sound you can hear during this clip is that of his voice, which draws all of the audience’s attention towards what he is saying and in the next shot of his face, we hear him talk with more passion and aggression than he had done previously. The following sounds are of the cameras, which lets the audience know that his speech is complete. The next scene of the girl just has diegetic sound of her folding a newspaper and the short question and answer with her mum. When she replies to her mum, you can tell that she is nervous about something, due to her tone of voice, this adds to the suspense. Music is then added in and increases slowly as we change to the scene with the two people packing stuff into their car. These two people have a completely different accent and tone of voice, making it obvious that the last scene and this one are taken from different areas but in a similar way to the last one, the voices sound nervous and scared.  The non-diegetic music then changes to a slightly more upbeat and louder tune, however, it still remains slightly dark and mysterious. We can hear someone in the background cutting something before telling the teenager that his dinner is ready. The boy doesn’t answer so once again, it adds to the mystery and suspense of the storyline.

Screen Shots

The movie starts with a haunting rendition of the Warner Brothers logo moving towards the camera, to create a spooky atmosphere.

The scene then changes to an extreme close up of a man’s eye, who is talking. This shot makes the audience suspicious of who he is and what his relevance might be.

The camera angle then changes to a close up so the audience can see who he is and his emotions more closely.

The next shot is an aerial shot, revealing the location of the man and also his audience, the numerous photographers in front of him.

The scene then changes to a point of view shot of someone reading a newspaper with disturbing stories about ‘murder and ‘panic,’ this  adds to the audience wondering what has happened and what is going to happen.

The next shot, is a mid-shot revealing who the point of view was as well as establishing the location.

The next scene begins with another point of view of someone peering out of the window, looking at two men packing belongings into a trailer attached to the back of the car.

The camera angle changes so that we can see the boy that was looking out the window. His facial expression makes it out that he is nervous so this along with the tension and suspense built up over the last couple of scenes, it puts the audience on edge.

 

The final scene also shows a shallow focus of a nervous looking teenager so once again, it makes the audience feel tense/scared.

 

Things we can use:-

• facial expressions in close up to show fear
• non-diegetic music to create sense of eeriness
• starting in the middle of a scene and only gradually realising what is happening
• cross-cutting between different characters but keeping the same atmosphere
• point of view shots so we feel part of the action

 



Analysing Opening Sequences - Hot Fuzz

Scene Summaries- Hot Fuzz

The film opens with a mid-shot of a man walking towards the camera from a distance. As the man gets closer, we can notice that he is a police officer because of his clothes. It then goes into a close up of his face, so we can begin to establish a relationship with the character.  While in the close up, he starts to introduce himself as Nicholas Angel. 

The next few clips show a montage of his achievements and activities.  This collage begins with a clip of him and fellow colleagues participating in riot training, which looks professional, without any mistakes. It then moves onto another clip of him excelling in the written paper and finishing it a lot quicker than anyone else and an extreme close up of his pen in shallow focus, which gives the impression that he is skilled and has precision.  Next, we see him receiving an award named ‘the baton of honour,’ again, showing his talent and outstanding ability.  The following clip is of him showing a more friendly side to him, which is then counteracted by him giving a speech in a completely dark room, apart from the board light, about crime which gives us a hint on his more aggressive side. These clips are then followed by a few more of him driving a car, riding a bike, playing chess and fencing, with great skill and precision.

During these clips, we only see him either his uniform or training gear, this gives the audience the idea that he is very work based and the only achievements he talks about, involve his job in the police force. This opening sequence changes from a very slow scene of him walking towards the desk/camera, to a collage of various scenes and short clips played quickly, to give the audience the impression that he is very skilled with many achievements, as well as allowing us to establish a relationship and a decent understanding of the main character (Nicholas Angel) very quickly in the space of a couple of minutes.

Sound

Before the film starts they play the sound of a police siren as the Universal Studios logo appears, this allows the audience to know the basis of what the film is about. At the beginning of the film, it starts off completely quiet with loud footsteps in the background; these footsteps get louder and louder, creating suspense among the audience. As Nicholas Angel gets right in front of the camera, we hear him talking to the audience which is a sign of transparent editing. He then continues talking to the audience, while it shows him doing his job and personal achievements but this time, there is music in the background, which has quite a fast tempo which, combined with fast paced collage of clips, makes the audience fell like there is a lot going on. The music is also light-hearted and upbeat so that even when Nicholas has a serious face or looks angry, we still have a positive impression of him as the music tells the audience that it’s not supposed to be taking seriously.

Screen Shots

The film opens up with the usual Universal Studios opening sequence with a police siren in the background so the audience knows what the film will be about.

The film then begins with a short sequence of Nicholas Angel walking towards the camera with other opening credits at the bottom of the screen. They did this as it helps the film get straight into the action instead of playing the opening credits beforehand. The sequence of Nicholas walking towards the camera creates suspense among the audience as they try and wonder who the silhouetted character is.

The next shot is a close up of Nicholas’ face, this allows the audience to feel more at ease as they know who he is and they are able to establish a relationship with him from the beginning.

The next shot is a shot to audience as he is showing his police badge towards the audience; this is an example of non-transparent editing. Also the facial expression of Nicholas’ face is almost identical in the shot before and the one in the police badge. This is an example of transparent editing as it is used to make the shot change flow more naturally.  

The following shots are a compilation of Nicholas talking about his many, work related achievements.

 

These shots are shown rapidly in a short space of time, this gives the audience the idea that he has done a lot and is obviously excelling past anyone else in his job (e.g. receiving the award and finishing the test first.  His facial expressions in the 19^thand 20^th photos shows his determination and focus on the job, this allows the audience to develop a relationship with him as they are close ups of his face. Also a lot of the clips are in shallow focus (e.g. the close ups of his face and the one of the pen), this means that the director wanted all our attention to be drawn to these objects as they are relevant in some way.

 

Things we can use:

- how to establish a comic tone even when the action seems serious (mainly through non-diegetic music)

- use of close ups of exaggerated facial expressions

- use of montage style editing to give a quick impression (e.g. our football match)

- lots of credits appear together over a scene of someone walking - something we want?

 

 

 

Analysing Opening Sequences - Twilight

Twilight

The movie begins in a  light-hearted and relaxed style with non-diegetic music playing in the background as the Summit Entertainment logo appears on the screen. The first scene begins with a deer in a dark and gloomy forest with a female voice over talking about death. The dark and depressing colours makes the audience feel suspicious about what is going to happen as it puts them on edge. The shot suddenly changes, alongside the music, to a tense point of view chase. It then shows various other angles of the deer sprinting away and leaping over tree trunks to get away from the thing it saw. The loud music, alongside the exaggerated footsteps of the deer and rapid changes of camera angles makes the audience tense as they feel as though something bad is going to happen but they don’t know what.

The chase scene eventually concludes with an unknown male figure grabbing hold of the deer, however at the same time the screen gets brighter and moves onto another scene as the music slowly dies down. The next shot is a close up of a woman’s face as she is standing in a desert somewhere. At the same time, the voice over continues and the woman starts to walk. This close up early on in the film allows the audience to establish a relationship with her straight away so the audience knows that she is an important character. It then cuts to a mid-shot of her getting kissed on the cheek by an older woman, with makes the audience feel like some sort of relationship, before panning around to a man packing stuff into the boot of a car. We get the impression that the older woman is her mum as the voice over talks about her mother and then talks about this woman’s new husband as the camera pans to the man packing the car. The man talks about how he loves them both so the audience feels as a lot more at ease as there seems to be a loving family-like relationship, however, the area and costumes seem dull and dark instead of happy, this makes the audience still feel a bit suspicious. However, this changes as they get into the car and upbeat music starts, making the audience feel more at ease. The next shot shows them in the dark car before a shot of a plane and an establishing shot of a desert somewhere; this gives the audience the idea that they have left an unhappy place for somewhere more colourful and happy.

The final shots show the words ‘Summit Entertainment presents’ over a shot of the desert, before contrasting over to a shot of a dark foggy forest covered in snow with the film title in front. We can only guess that this is the location where they will end up after their flight. The aerial establishing shot of the forest adds a mysterious feel that matches the title name; it also makes the audience remember the tense opening sequence of the deer in the forest.

Screen Shots

The film opens with the usual production company logo.

The next shot begins the film with a small deer drinking out of a pool of water in the middle of a dark forest, this adds tension and mystery to what is about to happen.

 The next shot is a point of view of an unknown character that is creeping through the woods and initiates a chase between him/her and the deer. This chase creates a tense atmosphere around the audience as it is filmed using a rapid change of shots and loud music.

The chase ends when presumably the creeping character jumps out behind the frame and grabs hold of the deer and signifying the end of the chase. The man’s identity and appearance remains unknown, showing that his individual identity isn’t relevant.

The scene then changes to one of a woman standing in a dried up field and a close up shot is soon shown so that the audience can establish a relationship with her as she must have some relevance to the main plot.

The woman then moves over to an older woman who is captured in a two-shot, showing that there is a relationship/connection between the two characters.

The camera then pans around to a man packing a car boot, however, the camera doesn’t go close to him so the director may be hinting that we don’t need to know much information about him, maybe because he isn’t relevant to the main plot of the story.

The camera then uses a mid-shot so the audience gets to know a bit about their location and differentiate it from that of the opening sequence involving the deer.

The next shot is that of a plan taking off, signifying their departure and telling the audience that the location is about to change.

The next two shots establish where they are as well as introducing the producing company again. We can also see that the sky has gotten slightly darker, hinting that there is a time difference.

The final shot reveals the film title as well as presumably their new location. The night sky also shows that time has passed between the last two shots and this one.

Sound

The quiet beginning with the woman’s voice over helps to set the scene before the mood is interrupted by the manic chase scene. During the chase, there is added in running sounds and loud dramatic music, making the audience feel tense, anxious and wondering what will happen next. It then comes to a halt after the chase concludes and the voice over continues. We then later hear music, which helps make the location change from the home to their new location more easy and smooth.

We can use:-
- another good film for seeing how to create an atmosphere
- not many credits in this compared to e.g. Hot Fuzz - there is a lot of variety in how this is approached
- title is now very recognisable in terms of font / colour / style so we need to think carefully about ours
- move between strange events and normal human interaction - we need to do this.