Practise filming #scary door

The aim of the task was to create a short film clip of someone approaching a 'scary door' which is usually seen in horror films to create tension of what might be behind it. Below is the 'Scary Door' clip that my group and I constructed. We filmed this short clip in college with one of the actors first seen running through a door, approach a corner and then slowly open a door. We did about 5 to 6 takes when creating the scene, and mixed some of the different take shots together in our editing. 


When filming this short clip I believe that there are many strengths that are recognisable. Firstly, from the actions of the character, it is obvious to the audience  what is happening. They can begin to establish an idea that the character is maybe running away from something or she lost and unaware of her surroundings. This is important for when we make our own trailer we want to get our message and type of genre across to the audience efficiently. Another strength I believe, is that we attempted to use different shots for the first time on a camera. We used close-ups of the character from behind and some long shots from the front. The attempts of using this show how we are trying to become more confident in the way we film and hopefully this will develop in time for the real filming.


Although, we did use two different shots, I think it would have been much more effective if we added elements to the shots such as panning or tracking. This could have been done at the moment where the character is coming through the door and when the camera is aimed her the feet. Another considered improvement is in the editing; we could have added a soundtrack to make the scene seem much more dramatic, however, the  silence used, I think adds some intense to the scene itself.


Overall, I enjoyed practising with the camera a possible scene that is used in horror films. It also made me plan much more into my own trailer, in the things that I should and shouldn't do and to consider the audience much more and how they might interpret things.