Our film starts with a two-shot with Mark in the background and in the left third of the shot. Dom is in the foreground and based more to the right third but his hands in the middle third to symbolise that he is sweeping the floor but has stopped to continue his conversation with Mark. We used the 180 degree rule and made sure that we never filmed on the right side of the hall. The door was our imaginary line so we knew that we couldn't cross it. Our opening shot shows the setting clearly as you see a good view of the hall. This gives the audience an understanding that the guys have just had a party and our clearing up it lets the audience know the surrounding area. As Dom has the very first line in our film we had him more in the foreground as he introduces the time, place and previous events that have gone on. ' Why am i helping clean up your party'.
The next shot is of Danielle who enters in the left third through the door we saw in the first shot. This creates mystery as although she is in the foreground it is blurred and you can only just make out the wine bottle she is holding. This gives the audience an image that carry's on during the film that she is a drinker. As the background is clear you can see the guys play fighting in the background continuing their bickering in the action before. This shot creates mystery for the audience as they can't tell who the character is and what signifficance she has to the scene and film.
The next shot goes back to a similar two-shot like before but the characters Mark and Dom are more in a close-up view. This shows the audeince their reaction to Danielle coming in and Mark is more in the foreground to show dominance and suggests that he is more involved with Danielle then Dom. By the close up of the characters you can tell that they are puzzled as to why Danielle is still at the party drinking.
This shot is a point of view shot from the character Mark, this shows Danielle's full outfit from her crop top to the ugg boots. This is also a long shot as you can see the whole of Danielle entering and this is the first time you see her fully. The audience can now see that she is a stereotypical representation of a teenage girl at a party.
Again another two-shot of Mark and Dom but this time at a slight angle than the previous shots. We did this shot so that Dom can pick up the tray and we could still see Mark in the shot. This was a much better and smoother shot then having to pan the camera only slightly. This shot also captures Dom playfully hitting Mark in the arm.
Dom then transitions from the foreground to the background as he walks past Danielle. This allows us to show his exit, whilst also showing Danielle's attitude towards him. It is obvious they are not keen on each other since Dom doesn't acknowledge her, and she gives him evils as he passes. She also stays still as he passes, showing her dominance. She only moves once he has gone.
Danielle moves into a two shot with Mark, showing both of their facial expressions. Their closeness hints that they are boyfriend and girlfriend, which is confirmed when they kiss. Notice that we have not once shown the wall behind the camera, because it would be obstructing the 180 degree rule.
We then used an over the shoulder shot to show Danielle saying "Meet me in the bathroom". Since she has all the screen time in this shot, with none of the focus on Mark, it shows her dominance. As she turns around in this shot she picks up the wine, keeping up the drunk image, and walks away very confidently.
For the same reasons as above, the shot of her walking away also has her in the foreground. In this shot she stumbles slightly, showing that she is definitely not sobre. Mark is left to pick up the brooms. We had to ensure that throughout all these scenes the brooms were in the same position they dropped them in at the begining to keep continuity.
Danielle stumbles into the bathroom, and as she opens the door it is clear to the audience that is where she has gone due to the tap and mirror. We decided at this point to introduce the killer, but not fully. Similar to how we introduced Danielle, we had the clown move into the right third as an over the shoulder shot. This makes it seem as though he is stalking Danielle.
At this point we chose to change back to Mark, since the audience would be expecting to see what happens to Danielle. It leaves them wondering. We had him walk into the shot from the right, to show he is coming from having picked up the brooms in the middle of the room, and places them to the left of the shot. We took this opportunity to include a comedic "yes!" expressing his pleasure at Danielle's invitation.
Finally you see the clown peeking round the corner of the door, which comes as a surprise since the audience are expecting the clown to have gone after Danielle, not Mark. Mark is in the foreground, but is blurred and facing away from the camera, showing that he is most certainly not the most dominant character in this shot.
This is a point of view shot from the clown looking at Mark. This view makes Mark look vulnerable since he is on his own in a large room. It is also one of those moments where the audience is screaming at the characters not to go any closer. Mark, like most victims in horror films, is completely stupid.
This is a walking point of view shot from Mark, which emphasises his stupidity. Who would go any closer to that thing?!?!
We used this camera shot to show Danielle drinking whilst waiting for Mark to come into the bathroom, little does she know that the killer is after Mark.
In this shot we had the camera showing the Knife as if the killer was stabbing Mark and blood splatting everywhere. This was to give the audience the indication of the killing without actually showing the footage leaving it to the audience to imagine it.
We revealed Marks body like this because it shows the audience what the clown has just done and the haha by him shows that the clown is heartless.
Danielle is in the foreground with the clown slowly creepy up behind. We did this shot as it is a turn around moment where the audience are like she is gunna die next. This shot shows that Danielle thinks that the figure behind her is Mark when in fact it is the killer.
This is a point of view shot of Danielle, which is blurred to show how drunk she is. To do this we used an effect called ghosting, and we moved the camera around as if her eyes were trying to focus.
With the clown in the foreground it shows the demand that he has to kill others and the dominance that he has. Danielle is shown as vulnerable and portrays a lack of control from being drunk.
The close up of the bottle of wine highlights that the thing Danielle clinged onto so tightly during the rest of the film is now the thing killing her. It's kind of an irony; paying for your sins. She drinks underage and so this is what she gets.
This isn't so much of a close up as the others, because we wanted to show all the details, from the blood to the empty bottle. It's quite a shocking image and we thought it turned out really well.
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