SHOT BY SHOT COMPARISONPRELIM VS FINAL PRODUCTJON BLACK

SHOT COMPOSITION

The shots here show a similar Close Up shot which I adapted into the Final Product as I thought the human eye had relevant meaning to the plot, and to convey human emotion more efficiently than through dialogue. I made the Final Product eye shot a close up of the eye itself, as I wanted to maintain the mystery of what the hero looks like under the mask, the other is a close up of the face to emphasize emotional state of the character.

HOLDING A STEADY SHOT

The shot on the left is an unsteady shot to visually show desperation through shaky camera work (Final Product), whereas the shot on the right (Prelim)is a steady shot to ground the viewer into the drama of the situation.

LIGHTING

In terms of lighting, the products vary as the Prelim used mostly High Key shots- whereas the Final Product used both low and high key shots to contrast the positive and negative forces in the film (the protagonist VS the antagonist).

LOCATIONS

The Prelim was shot all in a classroom, there was no consideration on the relevance of the location- as we only needed a place to film. The final product, however, has multiple locations, each picked as they are relevant to the themes and tones of the film (the outdoor sections are filmed in old streets, and the torture shots were filmed in a community centre basement).

ACTORS

The variation of actors is also a notable change from the prelim to the final product as the prelim had only two actors, whereas I used three for the Final Product. The characters are shown as ambiguously in the Prelim, whereas the final product characters have visible purpose- however they are still left ambiguous (though there is an Easter egg in the “Screens” shot where “Firewall” and “The Virus” are named- the protagonist and antagonist), as it’s also a thriller, so I aimed to make a mysterious prologue to the film.

INTERTITLES

The Titles used within the Final Product are all Black with a bright green outline- in “Bell MT” font, so they are consistent and hold a connotational relevance to the genre- as green is often associated with technology. The Prelim didn’t have any titles.

SOUND

Both pieces have Diegetic sound (the dialogue in the Prelim, and items like the phone and glove in “The Network”), however only the final product has non-diegetic sound (the electric glove’s presence is established through the constant sound at the end- implying that it is inescapable, as it’s heard everywhere).