Preliminary Task
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On Tuesday 23rd November we filmed our preliminary task in St James' Church in Weybridge. We chose to do it at about 5pm as by this time it was dark. The weather was freezing which created a mist and because the the grave yard in front of the church has lights shining upwards it really emphasized the mist and created a brilliant effect for our task. It very much reminded me of a thriller film. We took some shots when we first got there of the church and the graveyard. The church was lit up beautifully. Our filiming worked really well and were able to practice with loads of different shots and angles. The church inside was a perfect location for what we were trying to achieve. Inside the church is was cold and lonely and our filming picked up on this very much creating an atmosphere. In our preliminary we created the idea that Anna was a weird, abnormal child who spent most of her time in the church sitting quietly, oblivious to everything around her. Meme was a happy girl who enjoyed spending time in the church gathering her thoughts and praying. Meme finds Anna sitting rocking on the pue in the church, starring at a candle just below the beautiful stained glass window. In our preliminary we had to show somebody walking and opening a door, walking across a room and having a conversation which someone. As easy as it sounds, it took us quite a bit of thinking to come up with how we were going to portray this. I filmed Meme walking up to the church door and opening it, she then walked down the church isle and put a set of keys on a table. As she was turning around she realised Anna sitting, rocking and starring at the candle. She sat down on the pue opposite her and asked her if she was okay. Anna did not respond to Meme so Meme asked Anna again and Anna then responded in an angry manner "I'm fine".  In our preliminary we were able to capture close ups, long shots, 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot. In my opinion our preliminary worked really well, it gave me a better feel for how the camera worked and we were able to play around and try out different types of angles. The church worked really well as it makes it look scary and very thriller like.