Card Game

we were asked to do a practice filming session about a card game. We decided to make a story line around this card game that the girls have stolen someone's wallet and are now playing cards to determine who should get the money.
i was satisfied with the overall camera work however i think we could have experimented with the level of shots. for example some could have been done from the persons point of view or from below, to make that person seem powerful.
i liked the shot from outside of them running up the stairs as i thought this was origional and also followed on well from the previous shot. i didn't like the shot when i had just met claudia and rudo as i think it got a big boring because it went on for too long.

In another lesson, we focused on film openings. We watched a documentary presented by Thomas Sutcliffe, which gave a detailed analysis of film openings, what works, what doesn't and why. 

Films need to captivate their audience from the start, but also be able to keep them captivated for the duration of the film. One way of dong this is to have a very dramatic beginning as it draws you in and you also want to stay and watch the film to see what happens. However on the other hand, this can backfire because what do you do after such a explosive beginning, were do you take the next part of the film to make it even better?

We also learnt the 'classic' opening. This is used alot in film, particular in Thrillers, however the concept is played around with more nowadays such as in 'Citizen Kane'

We also talked about the pro's and Con's of putting the ending at the beginning. In my opinion it can make the audience want to stay and watch the hole film to find out how it ends in that situation, or it can give away too much, or too little and confuse the viewer.