The scene starts with me and Noah walking through the woods chatting about school work. Noah indicates that he needs to talk to me about something important, therefore we go for a walk in the woods and come across an abandoned building to sit in. As we are walking, we decided to use a number of high angles and straight cuts. There is a dark gradient placed over the scene as we walk through the woods. Throughout the first shots a light piano music is played to build suspense. As we continue to walk through the woods, the camera switches to a handheld shot used in the sense of a point of view angle and shows the camera moving down from a tree to the floor and the stalked hides in the leaves. At this point Noah turn around to see if anything is there, as he is cautious that he could be being followed. The audience start really feeling that they are in the stalkers shoes at this point.
With the music still playing, a mid shot of Noah and I shows us walking into the building. The music lowers and the room is covered in candles. Noah states "so we can finally have that chat now" and suddenly there is a bang on the window. Noah go outside to check while the camera follows him. We tried to use a good use of low key light is used here and blurs and fades are used to try and keep continuity as Noah leaves.
Next Noah walks into an open forest and asks "is anyone there?" The camera angle then cleverly changes to a point of view shot of the stalker who we see hiding as Noah walks. The stalker follows me walking behind me using a point of view shot and not changing the angles to keep it current and real. We can see a blade of screen as the stalker walks and we decided to do this for quite a while to build up tension among the audience. He then runs up to Noah and just as he strikes a flash comes across the screen and the camera cuts back to me.
I then continue to follow the same path that Noah did and we keep the light, noise, angles and shots the same as when Noah walked out to show the similarity of movement to keep the audience engaged. I am now in the forest and a canted angle is used while she shouts "Noah" continuously, showing my worry and concern. I suddenly stop and a panning shot is used as the camera moves around her so the audience can see what she sees. Hopefully at this point the audience are shocked to see Noah dead over a tree with blood dripping off me.
There is then a jump cut to the front of me and the music suddenly builds and becomes a lot more sharper. The stalker is seen rushing up behind her and just as he strikes once again the music and film cuts suddenly. Hopefully this cliff hanger will leave the audience in a great deal of suspense.
This is a good recount of your opening sequence; you have stated what cinematography has been used and when.
ReplyDelete1) Try and mention what other elements have been used and when in particular as well as cinematography
2) Try and go into a little bit more detail