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Film Making

During film week, we created a trailer for a short film and filmed the basic idea and then would see if anything needed
also learned about the effect of different camera shot angles to be added or changed because it didn’t look normal.
and the theory behind them. We were given one week to Although they could follow the idea they could also mess
plan the story with a lot of consideration about whether up pretty badly and then that just made the filming process
the planned scenes were possible to shoot and would fit harder and more frustrating for everybody.
together well The atmosphere created by the different
camera angles was important. For example, an “over the Finally, we began editing the short film. We split in to three
shoulder shot” makes the atmosphere seem threatening and groups: the sound effect group; key moment group; and the
helps to build up the tension in a film. We had to include special effects group. Each group had a specific role in the
angled shots like this to fit in with the atmosphere of the editing. The groups had to pass on different information to
story we were trying to create. It took a lot of collaboration one another like sample sounds and also the special effects
with our fellow students and the teachers to get it right. based on the key moments. Finally we finished editing and
watched the short film trailer together. We wouldn’t have
The filming stage was challenging with ten aggressive achieved anything if the three groups didn’t work together.
“monkeys”, but they need to be controlled constantly, We were kind of sad when it was over the moments that we
instantly and effectively with care within seconds, so we had were and will always be treasured in our hearts.

By Frankie Yuen

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