Assessment of first shoots

Weaknesses:

The camerawork wasn't very stable as the tripod was slightly broken. Therefore the shots were slightly wobbly. 

The clip was quite jumpy and there wasn't good continuity when the couple were walking down the stairs to the cupboard, it doesn't flow how we wanted it to. It needed an extra shot inbetween coming from the stairs to cupboard. 

The clip wasn't very scary probably because it wasn't fully edited and the lighting didn't make the film look very scary or easily show that it was a psychological horror. We also had no action/reaction shots, reverse shots to show the characters emotion. The colours were too bright and didn't create stereotypical psychological horror look. 

Strengths:

The characters and settings were believable, the house had been made to look like it had just been moved into. The props for example, the book, looked realistic.

The acting was appropriate and made sense, the dialogue was clear and the actors understood what they were they were meant to be doing. 

The composition of the shots worked well throughout the film. There was a variety of shot types and angles that quickened the pace of the film. The house is empty and is supposed to create an atmosphere of emptiness and vulnerability.