Lessons form past students

• shot variety
• sound - post prod, careful consideration, use of foley where appropriate
• cross-cutting (used effectively in 'waxed' 2012(?) 3 way crosscut to build tension- kettle, eyes, woman in tanning booth)
• Use visual/audio as much as if not more than dialogue (eg 'I do love battin' in a draft was used for exposition - closeup of throwing a can away would have been more effect/natural)
• Do not need to compose own music, creating own version of existing is ok -> cannot use existing recording of copyrighted material
• Use of countertypes - challenge/use conventions
• take into account modern audience - challenge stereotypes, archetypes and conventions (eg woman killer in 'waxed') 

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• Health and safety check (eg falling down stairs in 'red Run')
• Can create mature mood and imply more and still make it appropriate (eg bottom of legs in shower)
• can take inspiration form existing material (eg 'Red Run' took a lot form the Child's Play  franchis, or 'Candelabra' from Submarine)

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• Voice-over can be highly effective (include diegetic sounds too)
• Transitions can be fun (eg swipe)
• Must be binary opposition 
• Transition into main film does not have to be excessive (2 shots is enough)
• filming at night is problematic without light rigs (poses challenges for image quality, could look for plugins on motion to make things look like night in post)
• if you do not have permission to film inside a building can still film outside of it and frame it so it look like someone is coming out of it (eg in 'The Asylum')
• Candles can be effective for lighting depending on context as we don't have access to high key lighting 
• 'Black Nightmare' had good use of sound (sharpening knife, meat) - also good intertextuality 'Damian you little devil' - reference to the film Omen  which core audience wouldn't understand, but secondary older audience would
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