SETTINGS: We set this film at Oxshott scout hut in, our main reason for this
was because it was quite secluded, and we could rent out the area for the day
and be able to hold one of ieuan's bb guns without people wanting to call the
police on us thinking we are holding a real gun. The place had lots of trees
around it so it allowed for some good lighting which we could use to our
advantage. The setting conforms with the conventions of a action/crime film
because it is secluded and is quite synonymous with a area which drug dealers
would be in.
CAMERA WORK: for our camera work and editing, we had
mainly relied on the tripod to help us film and keep the camera stabilized
throughout our filming. also, we had tried many different shot types and
experimented with mixing up shots in order to create a chain of events which
could gradually work together and form a clip. also, the editing process was
quite vigorous because we had to ensure that the music was fitting, as well as
cutting and editing each clip, as well as shortening and lengthening the shots
using various tools on adobe premier elements. Our camera shots conform with
action and crime film style camera shots because they are relatively quick and
sudden, and most are shot reverse shot from the fighters if there is a fight
scene.
SPECIAL EFFECTS: because we filmed an action film, we had
generally thought that our initial plan was to avoid so much special effects,
however we did decide to add certain sound effects to enhance the fight scene,
because it ensured that the ''hits'' would have an actual impact ( through the
viewer's eyes ) and so that was the only special effect we really used, apart
from the introduction where it fades from our logo to the start on the opening
two minutes. This conforms with the conventions of action films because most
action films and crime films have very little effects, for example. there is an
occasional gun shot but in action/ crime films is very rare and only happens at
least twice at a gun fight around the plot. also, because the fight scenes make
up most of action films, this means that very little effects are needed, there
may be an occasional blood splatter or saliva being thrown across the room because
they got knocked out, but we decided to try to avoid all of this as we wanted
to keep it simple as much as we could.
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