Dexter Remake

For this task, we put ourselves into groups of four where we had our first experience of filming in production teams. I helped shoot this film but completed the evidence by editing it myself. Jack Street, Kieran Rundle and Tanaka Tiriboyi were also included within the filming. This involved going to one persons house and using props to remake the opening sequence of Dexter. The purpose of this was to improve our camera shots as well as our camera skills. My camera work and editing has improved a lot since my Paranoia film. From filming Dexter, I have learned how a camera is used to show power and I also know how to gender a camera. This was put into practice in this film as most of the shots are masculine.

The first shot is a close up which is purposely out of focus on Jack's face so the audience concentrates more on him hitting his arm to get the 'fly' off. The second shot is an extreme close up to focus on Jack's actions as he is using a sharp object against his skin, immediately making the audience question if something bad is going to happen such as cutting himself shaving on his neck. The third shot is also an extreme close up to show the blood dripping down Jack's neck where he has cut himself shaving. The fourth shot is blood dripping onto the sink which is slightly more zoomed out to show it is dropping fro a distance from his neck. The fifth shot is also slightly more zoomed out to show all of the blood soaking into the background. The majority of all of the shots are zoomed in, similar to the actual Dexter opening sequence. In most zoomed in shots, we have blurred out the background to show the actions are the most important part that the audience should be focusing on. The final shot is a long shot as it is very zoomed out to fit Jack's whole body in and also the location he is in - but at the same time still making it visible to recognise his facial expressions.

To improve this film, I would make the sound sync more with the actions taking place and also make the edit to a higher quality by making the film sharper.
(The grey screen at the beginning is the 'Dexter' wording used in the actual opening sequence, it played smoothly with no grey screen on Final Cut Pro but when it was uploaded to Youtube, a grey screen appeared even though it was rendered).