Top 10 Filming Tips

1. Keep camera steady because it will look unprofessional and the shots will appear unclear. This will mean the narrative does not come across clearly.   
2. Keep the camera in focus because if it is out of focus it will look blurred and cannot be seen properly by the audience. 
3. Have a variety of shots because it makes the footage more exciting and fits in with the thriller conventions. 
4. Good timekeeping because there is not much time to fit everything in so it must be managed well or else certain criteria will not be covered. 
5. Don't cut too late or early because it will cut out part of the narrative and mean that valuable footage will be wasted. 
6. Keep shots appropriate to theme because if the shots are not mysterious and bright and colorful,  matching a children's film criteria then the task is a fail. 
7. Work as a team because this results in less work for everyone and so it means the individual tasks can be done to the best of the teams ability. 
8. Don't make sequences too long because if they are too long then they do not carry the narrative smoothly and would ruin the suspense. 
9. Keep equipment safe because if equipment breaks then certain tasks cannot be carried out and part of the thriller criteria would be missing. 
10. Be safe in general because if the filming endangers other people then it may mean that the marking criteria is not matched.