Prelim - Evaluation

For our pre-lim, we decided to shoot our film based loosely around Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Our film follows Deborah as she attends a counselling session with Dr Mullen (Cara). Whilst they engage in conversation, Deborah tells Dr Mullen about a stalker she's come across. A naive Dr Mullen undermines her ideas and tries to convince her differently but Deborah dismisses Dr Mullen's comfort. A nervous Dr Mullen then kills Deborah, stabbing her repetitively. Only then we find out Dr Mullen was the stalker. The film abruptly ends, shortly after.
For the film, I was the camera man. Though, this was extremely fun, it proved rather challenging. The 'office' used was rather small and it proved hard to film 'over the shoulders' shots due to the size of the tripod. I also failed to capture Deborah's eyes in the lower 3rd of the screen in one shot. But thanks to feedback from teacher, Dan. I feel adamant that none of these mistake'll happen again.
Because we didn't have much time to film, we lacked mise-en-scene in terms of costume; we weren't prepared. We tried using a wig to convey Deborah and her mental state, however, I feel this had no effect. Luckily, we were able to portray a doctor/patient relationship, using sound.
This film proved to be a success, overall. I believe the focal point for our film was dialogue. Though, we didn't incorporate non-diegetic sound. We thought it'd be better to capture the emotion and tension created in speech, as appose to using action, alone. Cara, Kellie and Deborah did the editing whilst I was absent from college. I thought they did a brilliant job in terms of changing shots and keeping continuity within the film. With that said, I can't wait to start the real thing!