Group 18

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Overall, our first day of filming was pretty good. We got the shots that we needed even though it was ridiculously cold but we worked through it. We may have struggled in the beginning (issues with the locations) but in the end everything went well, here are some pictures:

Prelim Shot by shot

In Our first shot we are going to be using a long shot of our antagonist at a supposedly at a cafe or any outdoor enivroment.

The next shot is a wide shot of the second character opening a door. This shot would be very short to establish what is going on.

There will then be a close up of the door knob and we will see Ali's hand opening it.

A long shot will then be used to show Ali going through from the other side of the door.

We will use a medium close up of Mohammed's face.

A medium close up is then used to show whats happening

Over the shoulder shots are then uses continuously to show their conversation about the investigation.

When they go the leave, a long shot will be used as Mohammed goes to kill Ali.

Planning

Sunday, 5 February 2012

180 degree rule

In filmmaking, the 180° rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

Prelim Video Without Sound Analysis - unfinished.

In or groups we where given a short time to complete the task of filming a short extract of two people walking into a room in the genre of a thriller. In my group after many alterations and decisions we concurred with the idea of a police man and a relative of a victim related to a crime meeting up to discuss the case. As we started filming we found some difficulty in setting up the camera and deciding where to place it but after we got aware of the problems they where quickly solved the filming as a whole went well. We then went on to edit where i cut and added effects such as slow motion we did not however add any sound which leaves it unfinished. As a whole i think we portrayed the idea intended well enough and i have learnt enough of this prelim to take my experience on to our real intro film.

180 degree rule

"In filmmaking, the 180° rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. We want to stick to this rule in our filming as we have already done it well in our prelim video."