thriller practise

In this part of coursework, it is based on thrillers. In a group our aim is to create a thriller using the editing camera work and sound. In today's first half of the lesson we had a go at editing different shots of a clip and then putting them together like a short scene. At first i had a few difficulties in making sure that the clips i edited did not take up the whole space as when i dragged them. But then i manage to fix it by clicking onto the short clips and making it smaller by dragging it backwards. I also learnt how to put in short clips in da between other clips and how we can put the i for input in the part of the short clip i wanted, and the o for the output where i wanted to end the clip. This is all part of the editing so after i had done that i was able to drag the clip down and see how the other clips also fit together to make a scene. We were taught how to use a drive and how to install it. we had to make sure that we disconnect the drive from the computer first before pulling out any wires. This then would prevent from loosing any work that we save onto the drive.
For the second half of the lesson we started to do a practise thrilling a game of cards. Our brief is to film either part of a game of cards using the props provided. the game itself isn't particularly thrilling. therefore we had to create an atmosphere of suspense and mystery through the choice of shot distance, choice of camera angle and movement of camera. We started off creating a story board which had to include a minimum of 12 shots in which to create the sense of mystery and suspense. we discussed in a group of four how we were going to use the camera and where it will be set. Our props in which we had to include were two game players, two chairs and a table also a deck of cards. we also needed to include a extreme close up a tracking shot and a over the shoulder shot.