Research and planning : The chase

About the clip : The clip is about a teenage girl who trying to make it to school on time after waking up late, little did she know that her day was not going to go as planned around the corner was a stalker who kept following her and watching her every move. she was terrified and tried to get away from the stalker but she kept following her. She ran to school for safety and stopped to rest as she was out of breath only for the stalker to sneak up behind her.

Cinematography : for this clip we used close up's to show the face of the girl and tell the audience/viewers her emotions and feelings, there was also some point of view shots of the stalker watching the girl from various places as she tried to get away from the stalker. there was also a worms eye of the girl when she looked up and saw the stalker looking down at her from a birds eye view. there was also a long shot of the girl when she ran out of the room, and a close up of the door, there was also a zoom in of the stalker up on the balcony

Sound : we used Non-diegtetic sounds  that was coming off screen and we choose not to use a creepy song despite the fact that she was being stalked we made the sound more interesting  because it sounded tensed and was right as there clip could been seen as tensed but was right  for the clip as it was about a chase sequence the sound would keep the viewers interested and entertained. also at the end where the editing slows down and we could hear the heart beat of the girl it raises the tension as the stalker slowly sneaks up behind her and he audience wondering what her fate would be.

Editing : we used different editing transitions like ellipses of time to show the girl running and also expansion of time to show the stalker walking up slowly behind her this make it look more creepy. there was a fade into black at the end of the clip to indicate the the clip. there was also a use of dissolve from the 1st scene where she runs out the door to her running in the streets into school.there was also a few jump cuts when she starts from the bottom of the stairs a close up of her shoes and she back at the top of the step and also a straight cut of her running into the door and being followed behind.

Mise-en-scene : there was the use of high key lightening as the clip was made during the day and the girl was trying to get to school in time using the college was a good location setting, and also the stalker was dressed like everyone else just casual this helped her to blend in with other people and not be so  obvious or noticed easily.

Improvements : it would have been better to use a proper camera attached to a tripod and used more editing transitions and proper cinematography like panning to be able to move the camera at a more stabled pace ans also had more time to practice and get familiar with the  instruments and sort for proper locations and put more time into planning and organization in order to make it look better and also focus more on the mise-en-scene to make it look more real and bring the characters to life.

Good and bad points : the filming was not so good and rather unstable, it was quiet jumpy and needed more of editing to make it look good. it was made in a short time which is quite good for a 1st try under a short period of time. i was good learning how to use Imovie and getting familiar