Prelim

 

 

PRELIM

 

 

 

Research:

 

                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe2PqbUk0bU

    

This is an example of the mid shot which allows the audience to understand more about the character. this is because the audience can now see the facial expressions and there body language.

 

 

 

 

 This is an example of a long shot or establishing shot. This is used to show the location and to show the time of day. this also may have characters just visible to the audience.

 

 

         








This is an example of a long shot showing the entire body of a character establishing the relationship between both the character and the immediate environment.












Camera Movement-
                               
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z68dMBAAn-k

Directors use camera movements to add atmosphere and a sense of realism to the production.

For example...






A side ways track shot (crab shot) can be used to follow the movement of a character or an object, keeping the audience in with the action.














An Arc shot is where the camera moves around a point in a circular motion. this enables the audience to see the expressions of the characters and helps increase the intensity of the narrative.














A crane shot allows the director to follow the action in a vertical direction.

-Screenshots have been provided by OCR so that we can use the most relevant footage.

 

 

PLANNING

 

Step Outline:

 

Our short video will take place in a school. The video will involve two people, the first of whom has broken the rules and is trouble. The second will play the role of the deputy head, telling the student off. The student, who has broken the rules, will give the impression of anger. Also he shows the impression that he doesn't care he has done something wrong not only that but he views the whole dressing down as a total waste of time. The teacher will be giving the air of distress, this will be the third time in one month the two of them have had to meet and therefor the student is fiven his final warning.

 

Script:

 

Participants:

Oliver Missin: Student

Will Thomson: Teacher

Gavin Penrose: Cameraman

Mr Flanagan: Deputy Head

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[Will]: You alright Ollie?

 

[Ollie]: Yeah yeah what do you want?

 

[Will]: Deputy Head wants to see you.

 

[Ollie]: Bloody Hell

 

They both walk down the hallway. Scene cuts to when they are about to go down the stairs.

 

Ollie knocks on door 3 times.

 

[Mr Flanagan]: Come in.

 

Ollie opens the door slowly then walks in. Scene fades out to black.

 

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Shot List:

The camera pans from left to right an outside long shot of East Building. The camera is then in a point of view position and approaches Ollie, leaning against a wall. The shot then sees Ollie and Will who have a conversation. The camera is then following the pair down a set of stairs and then they approach a door. The camera is from the perspective of the other side of the room. The Deputy Head looks up then tells Ollie to come in. OIlie then opens the door slowly and walks in. The scene fades out to black.

 

Storyboard:

Contract Letter:

Dear Sir,

                       I am writing to request your permission to feature you in the opening of our new film. You will be featured in the film prominently for about one minute. Please contact us to ask more about your position in the film and we will be happy to oblige.

I thank you in advance, but should you say no we understand completely and would look forward to future endeavours.

Please sign your opinion below:

I do/not want to be featured in this Production. (Delete as appropriate)

 

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Yours Sincerely,

The Production Team.

 

 

Product:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk4sKJTAkwI&feature=youtu.be

 

 

 

 

Evaluation:

 

Overall the product was successful but if I was to redo this I would change a few things.

To begin with things that went well, the video included many different camera shots giving the product a more professional feel and helping add to the emersion of the audience. Also during the editing process we put in place good transitions between the scenes for example using the fade in and fade out transition. The majority of shots that where used such as the over shoulder shot or the zoom shots also the establishing shot. all of which helped keep the audiences attention over a long period of time. Another thing that was good in our product is the quality of continuity, because all the way through the video nothing moved between shots and everything stayed exactly the same throughout each scene making it very consistent.

One of the problems we found in editing the video was the static in the background of the audio  and when ever there was a problem in the audio that needed cutting a big gap of silence  was left between the audio from removing the issue giving it a very un-professional feel. To fix this I would use a better audio recorder meaning that static will not be present therefore editing will be much cleaner and efficient, leaving seamless audio in the finished product. Also I would be much more smooth with camera movements and positioning of shots, because in the first scene of the product the camera is knocked slightly, also some of the shots the position of the camera either showed to much or showed to little giving the video a very un-professional finish again. when doping our prelim video we had a tripod and my phone to film and because my phone couldn't be fitted to the tripod it had to be sellotaped so I would use a good quality camera that can be attached to the tripod if I was to do this again.