The Chase

The chase was a chance for us to practice various camera angels that we had learnt thus far. These included Long shots, Mid shots, Close ups, High shots, Low shots and various others. All these angels are necessary to amplify or add to the mood and meaning of the scene. For example; a high angle shot can make a character look inferior or vulnerable to the audience and a low angle shot can make them look superior and more sinister to the audience. We were also going to take advantage of the lighting to set the mood for specific scenes.
I paired up with Sabrina Yaacub and Isabella Francis for this task. The concept that we had in mind for the chase was a horror. The idea was a girl being stalked by a dreary suspicious looking stalker. This put in to concept the idea of someone being chased. We had no intention to use dialogue to set up the short film, we just wanted to use actions, props, lighting and locations to set the theme and tell the story. After agreeing upon a specific narrative for the film, I drew up a story board, consisting of various shots and camera angles in respective order of events in the film. The storyboard also consisted of various determining shots, fully explained on how they would be used, for clarity over poorly drawn images. Sabrina with assistance from Bella and myself drew up an action plan, this was a guideline showing us where and when specific scenes shall be shot because not all of the scenes were to be shot in college. The Climax and finale all take place off campus. 
We decided to film the ending shots first as they were being filmed after college. The main characters in the film were Bella and myself. Bella played the protagonist, and I the antagonist who murders her. We begin the scene with a high angle shot on the victim entering her house. This shows her innocence and her inferiority to her surroundings. The lighting that we used was quite dim to show that it was night time. We used a cut to go to the next scene. In the protagonists room, The lighting was very low, our intention was to suggest to the audience that something bad was going to happen. The camera would rapidly cut to a close up shot of the antagonist looking very sinister watching the protagonist. The following shot was a long shot so that the audience is able to see the antagonist emerging from the darkness stalking her victim. We used a luminous light from a cellular device to keep the room tone low and scary but in such away that the events could be seen. The final cut involved the killer emerging from the darkness from the room and staring into the camera smiling and the screen goes black. This is effective for an ending scene. 
The later scenes which we filmed all took place on campus. The opening shot was a long shot, we used this as the protagonist enters the room and takes her seat, This draws attention to her and she is seen as a main character. The next shot is a high angle shot of the protagonist watching the antagonist. Followed by a high angle shot of the slurs that she is scribbling in her book. The next scene takes place in the cafeteria, the camera focuses on the protagonist at the table with her friends callously minding their own and engaging in conversation. The shot features the the antagonist in the background. The protagonist is in the background, the camera focuses on her to show the audience is stalking that is taking place. The lighting is bright but the protagonist is dressed in dark clothing so that the audience is drawn to the contrast between the antagonist and the protagonist.
The contrast between the two main characters was very effective, in the sense that the audience knows who to relate to and who to oppose. The lighting sets the mood and creates suspense for the audience adding to the genre of the film.