Evaluation

Evaluation

We completed the preliminary task with good teamwork and efficiency. However we failed to shoot the 180 degree angle. This was due to the tight space of our filming location at the time and in future we would certainly want to pick a much wider space for this large shot. In addition to this the shot reverse shot we used wasn't very realistic as each close up of the persons face lasted too long and with no dialogue looked very forced into the task. Next time we would add dialogue to make it seem less awkward and shorten the time of the close up. Also, while filming we shot a couple of the scenes in portrait which didn't fit the preliminary task objectives. In future we will shoot only landscape and if ever making another mistake of filming wrong, we will look over the footage and have time to re-film. Escpeically with actors laughing and having to re film those parts. One final thing we need to work on is the dialogue as it was not very detailed or acted well with people looking at the camera.

But we successfully used both match on action techniques through a close up of a person opening a door handle and shot reverse shot with two close ups and dialogue showing the characters facial expressions. Our wide range of shot types such as over the shoulder and low angle, allow the short film to flow giving lots of different views to the same scene. Because of this filming I have developed my cinematography skills for future use.

Storyboard

Shooting Script

Shot	Shot Type	Description	Sound	duration
1	Close up	Feet walking towards camera and the camera moving away	Non diegetic Foot steps	2 secs
2	Low angle	Person 1 walks towards door	Non diegetic Foot steps	3 secs
3	Close up	Hand on the door		2 secs
		Match on action
4	Over the shoulder shot	Person 1 opens the door and walks in	Squeaky door	3 secs
5	Eye line match	Pov shot from person 2 looking at person 1 walking through the door and sitting down opposite them		3 secs
		180 degree rule
6	Mid shot	Person 1 says “hey how are ya” and person 2 replies with “not too bad mate”	Diegetic dialogue	4 secs
		Shot reverse shot
7	Close up	Person 2 eyes		2 secs
8	Close up	Person 1 eyes		2 secs
9	Mid shot	Person 1 walking away saying bye	Diegetic dialogue and chair moving	4 secs
10	Pov shot	Person 2 looks at person 1 who is walking away	No sound	4 secs

My Group

Group

I'm working with Oliver Watson, he is a good friend and a hard worker. We both communicate well and have similar ideas. Were both reliable and want to do the best we can this course. Because its a smaller group there will be more work for us individually but we will spread out the workload equally and tackle each task as we go.

My Opinion On Blogging

What Do You Think Of Blogging

In my opinion, blogging is much less popular than other online formats and personally I have never consistently read blogs. None of my friends use blogs and I think its quite an older format of online text. Nowadays people prefer video blogs and the younger generation are much less inclined to read a blog than an older target audience.

Preliminary Task

preliminary task

Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task needs to demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.

Different Shot Types

180 Degree rule

In cinematic terms it’s the angle of which a shot is shown. So it’s used during a conversation to show two characters in frame speaking to each other. It’s a good shot as it allows the audience to be more involved in the scene with better sense of location and characters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv93covb53w

Shot/Reverse Shot

Use of continuity editing in conversations or just characters looking at objects. We see a first shot of the character looking, then at the object or person he's looking at, finally back at the character to see his facial expressions. Often linked to the 180 degree rule to carry on the continuity of the location.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0xiCIMIwLY

Match On Action

One shot cuts to another shot portraying action. The one shot cuts to another view that matches the first shots action. common examples is someone walking up to a door and then a shot of there hand opening it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elKLr129jRM