Research of past coursework

We watched and reviewed past coursework to develop on what they had done wrong and how they could of imporved so that we knew how to do it when we came to post production. This way we can see the faults in past work and work on ways to make sure we dont fall in the same trap, also we can get ideas of how they shot their work and what effects they used and how they used soundtrack and mise-en-scene to make their openings good.

The first piece of coursework we watched was Room to Breath. This was a suspense thriller so kept the audience on the edge of their seat.
Sound- Romantic music at the begining was parellel to what was going on in the scene, the boy getting ready to go on a date. They had diegetic sound of the boy turning the tap running and him walking down the stairs. Diegetic sound can also be heard when the girl in is the metal cupboard we can hear her moving around and heavyily breathing.

Camera- Good use of close-ups on the girls face in the cupboard, showing her emotion and how scared she is being alone , trapped in the dark. There was also a good variety of long shots to see the boy getting ready for his date and walking down the strairs and him holding flowers for his loved one.

However to get a better mark the typhography was too fast , we couldnt quite see what the text said. Also to of given the piece more variety i feel the shot sequence should of gone:
BOY ----> GIRL------>BOY----->GIRL
I felt with the constant shot of her in the cupboard got tedious and boring which i doubt would of been good for a films review. Lastly i feel they should of had more tense music to accompany the cupboard shots. The only tense music was when someone walked through the door then opened the cupboard but the audience was bored by that point.

Unrequinted Love
Sound- Good soundtrack it engadged the audience, tense music that went with the vicous shots of scissors and red colors.

Mise-en-scene
Red nail varnish and a red table cloth dennoting danger, death or blood. This also dennotes its a thriller through the use of its codes and conventions.
Red text on a black backgorund made the typhography stand out it was also slow so it gave the audience time to read the text.
The scissors used in this piece was being used very vicously cutting up paper this also dennotes a thriler- the use of a weapon.

Editing
The fast paced editing kept the audinece drawn to the screen. She cut up paper then a extreme close-up of her lips showing heavy breathing/ panting showing her annoyance or anger with another character, which then reinforces the use of a weapon.

Root cause- Action thriller
This was a different sort of thriller it was a film noir. Which meant it was black and white and there was no talking.