The Preliminary - Final Product

Due to meticulously planning our prelim we were able to film with ease because we knew where the camera had to be and what shots and movements were required, this made it so much easier for the camera woman and it reduced the time taken to film. Although the camera shots were planned the acting was something we forgot to take into consideration. 

This is the final product that we uploaded:      

Of course there is room for improvement but overall i think we did a good job in our preliminary task, and i hope to develop my camera shots, editing skills and acting throughout the year.  

The Preliminary- Planning

Our idea:

For our preliminary we decided to have a short dialogue of about a girl that watched the horror movie 'Chucky' that is recommended to her by a friend, however she gets very shaken up and comes back to blame her friend for recommending it; while reporting back to her the lights mysteriously turn off and both girls scream.

Our storyboard:

Shot 1- I walk into the room through a door shot with a mid shot at eye level. The camera pans to follow me as i walked across the room saying 'I cant believe i...'.

Shot 2-  Match on action from previous shot as the camera switches to long shot from the point of view of  Nimra who's sitting down and I complete my sentence '...listened to you'.

Shot 3- Over the shoulder shot from behind me to a mid shot of Nimra saying 'Why whats wrong?'

Shot 4- Long shot with both of us in frame. I say 'I watched Chucky and it was so scary!'

Shot 5- Point of view from me with a close up of Nimra saying 'Stop exaggerating its not that bad'.

Shot 6- Point of view from Nimra with a close up of me saying 'No, i'm serious!' then the light mysteriously switch off and i scream.

Preliminary Preparation

Our first project for Media was to do a Preliminary task which requires us to film and edit a character opening a door and walking across a room before sitting down opposite another character to exchange a short dialogue. The prelim must include:

1.  Match on action, which is an editing technique when one shot is cut to another point of view that matches the first, this can be done by having an action follow through or have a dialogue continue through different camera angles. 
   
2. Shot reverse shot, is used when you shooting a conversation between characters, during the conversation the camera switches from the point of view of one character to the point  of view of the other, this can be shown in over the shoulder shots, over the head shots or face to face shots.
   
   
   
   
3. 180 degree rule, this is important when filming because it maintains the 4th wall between the audience and the characters. It outlines that the camera(s) must stay on one side of the imaginary 180 degree line across a room and two characters that are interacting.