Monday 18 January 2010

Second lesson Pre-liminary task

In the second lesson at the start Mr Mitchell showed us a short clip that explained the rules and how to shoot a shot/reverse shot and also the 180 degree rule. We took notes whilst the clip was being played and then shared the notes with the class.
After this our group got back together and decided on how we were going to use the shots in our clip. We made a storyboard stating the shot types, pictures on what was happening in the shot, sound and editing.
Then we began to test out the first few shots on Tom's phone just as a test to see if it looked ok and to see if there was anything wrong with our initial idea. The scene was that Alex was to walk to the door, partially open it then Tom would stop recording from outside in the corridor. Then from inside the room Tom recorded again whilst Alex from the same position outside the door walked through the door and into the room. These were both shot as a long shot.

First lesson Preliminary task!

In the first lesson we were all introduced to the subject and the pre-liminary task as a class and given detailed instructions on what to do.
We had to film a person walking through a door, sitting down with another character and exchanging dialogue between the two characters. With a shot/reverse shot, and the 180 degree rule.
My group of me, Alex and Tom then sat down to discuss ways in which we were going to set about trying to figure out a way to make the short clip interesting and we all contributed on a storyboard a variety of camera shots, location of the cilp, and ways in which to do the clip.