Do:
Plan a story board
A story board is a sequence of images ad text that help you plan. This is useful when filming as it allows you to see what is going to happen next.
Plan a story board
A story board is a sequence of images ad text that help you plan. This is useful when filming as it allows you to see what is going to happen next.
Research Locations
You should always research your location before filming to check it fits with the theme of your story. It wouldn't make sense to the audience if you were filming a fairy-tale in a graveyard.
You should always research your location before filming to check it fits with the theme of your story. It wouldn't make sense to the audience if you were filming a fairy-tale in a graveyard.
Make your genre obvious
Ensure your genre is obvious to the audience, don't film a horror wearing a Disney dress, it might not make sense to the audience.
Ensure your genre is obvious to the audience, don't film a horror wearing a Disney dress, it might not make sense to the audience.
Follow your brief
Stick to the instructions and don't go off task. if its a horror film, Make sure its horror all the way through, and it doesn't start gong into another genre that isn't relevant
Stick to the instructions and don't go off task. if its a horror film, Make sure its horror all the way through, and it doesn't start gong into another genre that isn't relevant
Always vary your shot types
Don't make the film boring and all from the same angle. Vary the shots to build tension and excitement.
Don't make the film boring and all from the same angle. Vary the shots to build tension and excitement.
Use appropriate props
Props that are not relevant to the theme of your film or the storyline will confuse the audience and make the film look messy and unprepared.
Props that are not relevant to the theme of your film or the storyline will confuse the audience and make the film look messy and unprepared.
Don't
Miss cast
Don't have the victim being a normal boy, that's not scary or exciting for the audience, they want to see a sexy woman get killed or a hunky man
Miss cast
Don't have the victim being a normal boy, that's not scary or exciting for the audience, they want to see a sexy woman get killed or a hunky man
Look at the camera
Looking at the camera can either make or break the filming. usually it kills the mood of the story.
Looking at the camera can either make or break the filming. usually it kills the mood of the story.