Discussion of Appropiate Technical Competencies

Holding a Shot Steady

To be honest, this wasn't the easiest of things to do! Although we had the tripod, when we was panning and tilting the camera it was hard to make it look smooth because our hands are wobbly and the tripod kind of jolted round. It was difficult but in the end we got it pretty smooth.

Framing a Shot and Shot Distances

We found this rather easy! We had great ideas of how we was going to frame our shots and used the following shots:
Close-up (to emphasise a certain expression i.e. sadness, anguished look.)
Extreme close-up (to show the necklace, expression of eyes, and smile.)
Mid-shot (to show BODY LANGUAGE)
Dutch Tilt (to show that Grace is possibly ill, and not thinking straight about what she just done!) Point Of View Shots (to show her timidness, high angle, looking down, shows shes weak.)
Establishing shot (necessary for the beginning, sets the scene)
Pans, Tilts. (to show off setting)

Shooting Appropiate Material

We used a back-drop of the church because it symbolises death. The close-up of the necklace was a heart shape! This shows love/friendship and the way that Grace is holding the necklace she is kind of fiddling with it showing shes messing with friendship/love. The lovely bush behind the bench is green, in which we can gain connotations of sickness! The frame looks rugged, old, ruined, which gives a sort of eeary effect and its dark which shows DARK times.

Editing (Transitions) and Effects

We used a cross dissolve mainly to go from what is happening to what has happened, and it gives a ghostly kind of effect. We use this going from the frame to the scene, from the dropping of the frame to the smashed frame, and from Paris standing there to her jumping out towards Grace. At the beginning we faded it in because it looked a hundred times better and goes from dark to the light, which is also a bit symbolic. The fun scene and murder sniplets are in black and white to show that it is the past and that again, it's dark times.

Also, for the part where Grace turns around, the duration of the shot is long, creating suspense. When Grace is running away and Paris is appearing, the duration of the shots are fast to show that there is panic and its fast!

Mise-en-Scene

The girls were kind of contrasting. Grace was wearing black, showing murder, death, and mourning of dead girl Paris. Paris on the other hand is wearing white, to show her innocence and ghostly look. In terms of performance, Paris had to look angry and revengeful. Grace had to look upset, sad, and in distress. When filming the fun scene, we had to film it on a bright sunny day which showed a happier time. We tried very hard for the weather to be bad and dark on the day of filming the church scene however we can't predict the weather can we!? The necklace Grace is wearing is what Paris was wearing and shows friendship/love of them both (awww).

Using Sound With Images

The non-diegetic music we hear playing is the piano song. Its in a minor key and reflects on the sadness with times of looking back and deep thought. The heartbeat noise also shows heart racing and leading to the murder we see! The only diegetic noise we hear is Grace's scream which shock the neighbourhood! We don't see what happens after Paris jumps at Grace but the sign 'Is There More to Life Than This?' comes up. We used this with the scream because there is more to life than slaugther! Not knowing what happened to Grace adds to mystery and suspense.

Graphic Match

The graphic match we used was the picture to the moving scene! We used this because it looked like Grace was looking back into the past time and it's what she remembers in her mind. Its almost like the memory is kept alive.