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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcJF3PIB7UU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAWAuGcQ8Zc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55XY1i9YRMw I found all these very useful videos from a great YouTube channel. The tips are probably more for university film students rather than a-level but I feel as though I could still use or at least adapt some of the tips. :) I would really like to incorporate some of my A level music technology skills into my piece through foley or an inner monologue.

I still feel unsure for my ideas of narrative in my 5 min short film at the end of year 13. However, I have had some thoughts of the type of shots and the framing of them I would like to include. I like the idea of seeing someone asleep and an unnerving figure behind them and the person wakes up to look around but they're gone. I would use a close up on the face of the victim. two person shot to show the situation and a panning zoom when the figure disappears. I also like the cliché of a character waling away and the figure is in the mirror reflection or a character closes a door and the figure is behind it. I know it can be over used but I feel as though it is affective. I would use most likely medium shots as I wouldn't instead the shots to last long and I would want the audience to gather as much information as possible and be left slightly shocked and confused. I feel like these shots may be hard as I picture allot of them happening at night and I don't have the bu...

On a recent particularly rainy day me and my dad sat down and watched the 2019 horror/mystery "Midsommar".  My dad thought it was too long and too boring and that it didn't make any sense. However, I thought that it was a very clever film that normalised what was happening. Once it had finished I reflected on how the outrageous and graphic some of the scenes were, I felt as though while watching it everything is done subtly and the "anti" is slowly upped so that in real time I felt less shocked or felt that some how these steps were rational in a way.  I also really enjoyed the juxtaposition of the naturalistic imagery of flowers and fields and cliffs and stone to the violent imagery of blood and suicide and graphic death. (Levi Strauss theory of binary opposites). I loved how they kept the audience guessing and left/revealed little clues and hints along the way so that in the end it all "made sense", I liked how the end left the audience wanting ...

short film plan       Genres:  Horror- suspense = instant entertainment, easy to watch. However cannot be to gory or anything as I do not have accesses to SFX however I could do more research into make up effects. Action- would be hard to pull off, could contact local services to get necessary shots. It would be very entertaining and keep audience focus Crime/Mystery- something that keeps audience guessing trying to figure out what's going on, might be hard to do as everything ahs to be very particular, utilises all of mise en secene. Genres I really like: I like comedy films, however for coursework is not a good idea as if i don't make it funny it's an instant fail. I really like the fantasy however for coursework I feel that without a large budget of company support it would fall short of it's intended perpouse.  Short films I'd take inspiration from: Arrival (simple, intriguing/mystery) or The Fly (simple minimalistic, slight thr...