Evaluation

Ben created the idea for the project of a serial killer being stalked by possibly another serial killer. I, Henry & Chris decided that this would work as it allowed us to create interesting shots that was required for this cinematography project. From watching Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Vertigo I became very interested with the idea of using fake point of view shots in the film to mislead the audience and surprise them. I came up with the shots in the ally of using a fake tracking shot to fool the audience into believing it was in the point of view of the serial killer when actually it turns out to be the point of view from the stalker. I also created the shot at the end scene when the killer is searching for the source of noise from inside his house, the shot makes the audience believe that the stalker is following the serial killer, only for it to be revealed as a normal tracking shot then the real point of view from the stalker is revealed from the opposite side of the corridor as he attacks the killer.

False POV

False POV revealed

From the idea created by Ben and our entire group coming up with different shot ideas for each scene I created a script which was also more of a shot list with stage directions with the shots everyone agreed on that will work. Although Henry was the main camera man for this project as he has the most experience working with DSLR’s, Ben and myself worked with Henry strongly on the camera, especially on the framing and composition of each shot.

Long track

 Although on time scheduling and planning our group may have been slightly unplanned we did however work very well together. We were all technically proficient and became good problem solvers as there was many problems arising with certain tracking shots and lighting.

Drastic lighting choice add emotion and atmosphere

Some over exposure on certain shots

As one of the requirements was that there had to be a change in lighting, from watching and studying Kieslowski’s Three Colours: Blue I came up with the idea to show an obvious change in lighting colour during the scene in the house when the killer realises the stalker is in the house. I came up with the idea of using close-ups with the lighting colour changing from blue to red which would add intensity but also reveal to the audience the mood and emotion of the killer as we decided not to use sound or dialogue in our film, I created many shots that would easily show the moods and emotions of characters and situations from just the shots and acting.