We began by planning a shot by shot sequence on paper - in the form of a storyboard. We drafted by sketching frames and noting down shots, and making sure transitions through shots were smooth and seamless. The planning gave us an idea of how long the sequence would be - around 30 seconds to a minute. After we developed the draft we came to the conclusion that it would be a psychological kind of sequence, with aspects of a thriller - however not frightening enough to be rated over a 12A. This is because it features themes of suspense where the audience expects something scary to happen, however nothing scary actually happens. We decided to use the alleyway by Riversley Park to shoot the video because the area is isolated and offers a long perspective that could be useful in creative shots.
Conventions of horror that we included were suspense; the lack of sound throughout par the heartbeat at the end. And a sort of jump-scare; the stalker appearing very fast at the end out of nowhere.
If we were to do this task again I feel like we would film more shots to give a wider variation so that we'd have more material to work with while editing. Editing is another aspect we did not spend enough time on. Rather than picking some sound effects we just 'settled' with the heartbeat because we felt it was simplistic and easy to use.
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