Test Shot Review

We took one lesson to complete some test shots so we could see what works and what doesn't. However these were filmed in the day and in a different location from which we want to film. This means that some shots may seem better than they actually are. We decided to try different shots for each scene to see if there was a better way of picturing the story in a thriller way.

We tried handheld shots to add a sense of reality and physical movement to the film, and we felt that this was quite successful; this lead us to believe that the film could be entirely filmed like that but we still are undecided as it could make the film seem tacky and unprofessional.

A problem that we faced when filming was the progression of continuity as you can see from a number of shots there is a difference in some of them; Carl appears in some shots and disappears, then there are different people in the background and cars etc. This needs to be sorted out and carefully searched for when filming the final cut.

Furthermore we found out that sound is a big problem depending on the weather conditions, we filmed on a windy day meaning that all you could hear was the gusts, we decided to add our own music to add a suspenseful feeling towards the test.

We created two videos; a video with our entire filming and a second video that has been edited into some sort of chronological order.