Preminary Exercise Brief: In grounds of no more than 4 complete a continuity task involvin filiming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, whith whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180- degree rule.
Continuty means a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot.
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180 degree rule - This term refers to the rule that once a spatial relationship has been confirmed with the establishing shot, no close-up will cross the imaginary line drawn between those two actors until a new line (or axis) has been established, usually through another establishing shot.
Continuty means a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot.
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180 degree rule - This term refers to the rule that once a spatial relationship has been confirmed with the establishing shot, no close-up will cross the imaginary line drawn between those two actors until a new line (or axis) has been established, usually through another establishing shot.
[online] Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:180_degree_rule.svg [accessed on 23rd september 2009
match-on-action - connects two shots cut together by having a character finish an action in the second shot begun in the first shot. For instance, if a character lights a match in the first shot, the same character will draw it up to a cigarette in the second.
shot/reverse shot - After an establishing shot, the shot-reverse shot refers to the close-ups used when two characters are in conversation.
David T.Johnson (2004) [online]. Salisbury University • Department of English • Salisbury, Maryland. Available from: http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~dtjohnson/filmterms.htm [accessed 9 September 2009].
Shot Sizes-
Extreme Close Up - a close shot which doesn't show the top of the character's head and bottom of their chin.
Close Up - a shot which just shows the top of the character's head and the top of their shoulders.
Medium Close Up - this shot shows the characters shoulders and has some space above their head.
Medium Shot - there is space above the characters head and some of the background can be seen behind, all of the character's shoulders can be seen with some of their waist.
3/4 Shot - the character has a lot of space above their head, their waist can be seen and more of the background can be seen.
Medium Long Shot - the floor can be seen, the characters feet are at the bottom of the shot with only a little space above their head. The background is almost complete.
Long Shot - the whole background can be seen, the character has space under their feet and above their
Establishing Shot - this is the shot that sets the scene.Framing -
Camera Movement -
Pan - Horizontal movement, left and right.
Tilt - Vertical movement of the camera angle, i.e. pointing the camera up and down (as opposed to moving the whole camera up and down).
Jib - Basically, dolly-shots-in-the-air. A crane (or jib), is a large, heavy piece of equipment, but is a useful way of moving a camera - it can move up, down, left, right, swooping in on action or moving diagonally out of it. The camera operator and camera are counter-balanced by a heavy weight, and trust their safety to a skilled crane/jib operator.
http://www.mediaknowall.com/camangles.html
Track - Roughly synonymous with the dolly shot, but often defined more specifically as movement which stays a constant distance from the action, especially side-to-side movement.
Track - Roughly synonymous with the dolly shot, but often defined more specifically as movement which stays a constant distance from the action, especially side-to-side movement.
[online]. http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/movement.html [accessed 14 September 2009].
Plot of Script -
The script is about a young girl, Natalie has a drug addiction. After taking an overdose, she is forced to see a councillor, Carol. Natalie is reluctant to talk to Carol; Natalie appears to be self-centred and is not interested in getting any help. Throughout the script Natalie doesn’t show much emotion, however towards the end of the script Carol manages to get Natalie to talk to her. Natalie eventually gets upset and leaves the councillor’s office after telling Carol the truth.
Script -
Shot List
Story Board -
Location Reece-
Risk Assessment-
Mise-en-scene-
Costume- For this scene, we will be using modern day costumes, as Carol is a working psychiatrist she will be dressed smarty in a black skirt and suit jacket. Carol is dressed all in black to portray her cold character and this clothing presents very little of her personality to the audience, which leaves her character somewhat mysterious. As Natalie is a distressed teenager her sense of dress will be far from smart, Natalie will wear jeans and a hooded jumper so the audience can recognise this stereotypical view of the modern day youth. Natalie will wear clothes that looked distressed so the audience get an idea of her lifestyle and start to understand the story at hand.
Props- As this scene is set in an office, a computer, desk and chairs will be present to represent this setting. The office will contain files and cabinets, and the walls will be covered in posters about different types of mental illness’ so the audience understand Natalie is in a psychiatrist office and strat to pick up on the problem she’s facing. When Natalie is speaking to Carol, she is constantly holding her phone and looking down at it as a source of escape. Once Carol is sitting down she is holding a note book and pen, and writing down what Natalie says.
Lighting- As this scene is of quite a dark nature, the lighting will be low key, there is a small window at the back of the office that lets in little light, and a door with large windows. We will use an office lamp to create a mellow atmosphere.
Character movement- In this scene we have created minimal movement, initially Natalie is sitting in front of the wall by the office, Carol then opens the door to her office and welcomes Natalie in, once both characters have sat down, there is no further movement. We have used quite a few close ups to show the characters facial expressions to make up for the lack of movement. The few movements we have shown will give an incite in to the character and there personality.
Hair and make-up- As Carol is quite a sever character she will be dressed all in black, her hair and make up will also run in this theme. Carol will be wearing heavy make-up, thick red lipstick and bright bronzer on her cheeks, her hair will be tightly pinned back, again to keep her character mysterious to the audience. Natalie will be wearing very minimal make-up, and be wearing very light foundation to make her look ill and drained; Natalie’s hair will be scruffy and down to represent her life style.
Continuty -
Plot of Script -
The script is about a young girl, Natalie has a drug addiction. After taking an overdose, she is forced to see a councillor, Carol. Natalie is reluctant to talk to Carol; Natalie appears to be self-centred and is not interested in getting any help. Throughout the script Natalie doesn’t show much emotion, however towards the end of the script Carol manages to get Natalie to talk to her. Natalie eventually gets upset and leaves the councillor’s office after telling Carol the truth.
Script -
Shot List
Story Board -
Location Reece-
Risk Assessment-
Mise-en-scene-
Costume- For this scene, we will be using modern day costumes, as Carol is a working psychiatrist she will be dressed smarty in a black skirt and suit jacket. Carol is dressed all in black to portray her cold character and this clothing presents very little of her personality to the audience, which leaves her character somewhat mysterious. As Natalie is a distressed teenager her sense of dress will be far from smart, Natalie will wear jeans and a hooded jumper so the audience can recognise this stereotypical view of the modern day youth. Natalie will wear clothes that looked distressed so the audience get an idea of her lifestyle and start to understand the story at hand.
Props- As this scene is set in an office, a computer, desk and chairs will be present to represent this setting. The office will contain files and cabinets, and the walls will be covered in posters about different types of mental illness’ so the audience understand Natalie is in a psychiatrist office and strat to pick up on the problem she’s facing. When Natalie is speaking to Carol, she is constantly holding her phone and looking down at it as a source of escape. Once Carol is sitting down she is holding a note book and pen, and writing down what Natalie says.
Lighting- As this scene is of quite a dark nature, the lighting will be low key, there is a small window at the back of the office that lets in little light, and a door with large windows. We will use an office lamp to create a mellow atmosphere.
Character movement- In this scene we have created minimal movement, initially Natalie is sitting in front of the wall by the office, Carol then opens the door to her office and welcomes Natalie in, once both characters have sat down, there is no further movement. We have used quite a few close ups to show the characters facial expressions to make up for the lack of movement. The few movements we have shown will give an incite in to the character and there personality.
Hair and make-up- As Carol is quite a sever character she will be dressed all in black, her hair and make up will also run in this theme. Carol will be wearing heavy make-up, thick red lipstick and bright bronzer on her cheeks, her hair will be tightly pinned back, again to keep her character mysterious to the audience. Natalie will be wearing very minimal make-up, and be wearing very light foundation to make her look ill and drained; Natalie’s hair will be scruffy and down to represent her life style.
Continuty -
The skills I want to develop, is the understanding I have in lighting and to know how to get the lighting right whilst filming. I can also apply this to my pictures that I take.
