As the other members in my group were acting within the piece I took it upon myself to direct and edit the film. To edit the footage I used the program 'Movie Maker'. Thus this allowed me to cut and edit particular parts of the footage in which I was able to record.
I then took advantage of the soundtrack from the film '28 weeks later' known as 'In the house, in a heartbeat' by composer John Murphy. Due to the tension that and suspense that the soundtrack was able to create due to features such as a minor key and repeated phrases. This allowed us to slowly build tension until the climax of the short film, due to these qualities we eventually added this composition to our piece.
What shots did we use?
Wide shot: This shot established to the audience that the character seemed to be running in order to save or look for someone, with the audience beginning to question who is he looking for?
Medium shot:
Low angle shot:
This shot aided our attempt in trying to create suspense, as the audience could not see the characters face thus there being a sense of mystery.
Titled panning shot:
These shots allowed us to further increase the tension as the audience is still unaware of who the character is and what their intentions are.
Extreme close up: Here we used an extreme close up of the character pulling on their gloves, signalling that they apparently are up to something sinister.
Wide shot: In this shot the character's figure can be witnessed however they remain hooded. Due to the previous shots only showing different parts of the character's body we decided to finally reveal the character's full frame to the audience, still retaining a sense of tension without revealing the character's true identity.
Blurred close up shot: In our final shot we used a blurred close up shot in order to retain mystic and tension as the character's face is not completely revealed and the music also begins to increase in instrumentation thus leading to the climax of the film.
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