Test Shots

Here are our test shots that we chose not to use in our final opening.


Test Shot One:


This demonstrates the victims POV of her looking at her MP4. We realised after playing back this clip that the camera, and the person holding the holding the camera (ironically the killer) were reflected in the screen of the MP4. Even after filtering the shot this could still be seen.
We tried this POV shot again from the side, however the angle of the shot gave the impression it was someone stood next to the victim looking at the object.




Test Shot Two:


Here we tried to make the killer appear menacing by getting him to drag his weapon across the floor. We were experimenting with this shot to try and achieve an eerie scraping noise of the shovel, however we felt this didn't work at all because the killer did not seem intimidating enough and the noise of the shovel didn't sound as we expected it to- maybe due to the ground it was being dragged along.




Test Shot Three:


Again another POV shot from the victim. Here she is at the gate peering frantically through a gap to see if there is anyone that can help her. She turns round to see the killer approaching her up the steps.
We felt this didn't work as the shot itself was too uncontrolled to be understandable to the viewer, however the confusion of the shot complimented the frantic nature of the victim.
The use of the camera in this shot too unstable.




Test Shot Four:


This was our first time round filming the killer swinging the shovel at the victim - done in the victim's POV.
However we made the mistake of leaving objects such as the tripod in the background, this therefore ruining mis-en-scéne.
We also felt there was too much of the killer in shot for most of the focus to be placed upon the shovel and its movement.
The second time round filming this we made sure to clear the background of unwanted objects, we also zoomed in on the shot so as the shovel filled the clip more than the killer.
The second time round filming this style of shot