Evaluation
Overall we were happy with our preliminary production as it allowed us to experiment with different camera angles and techniques. After doing this, we were able to grasp a clearer understanding of how the illusion of shot reverse shot, match on action and the 180 degrees rule were created in media. However, we were able to spot many different areas for improvement - although, this was a good learning tool in refernece to the creation of our final production. When rewatching our preliminary task we were quickly able to spot a few continuity issues such as the drastic lighting change half way through the production. Luckily, this did not take away from the narrative. Although this was out of our control (as we were filming in the school toilets) we were able to make sure that silly occurances such as this won't happen in our final production. We then realised that we need to work on our free-hand filming as it was not completely steady which made the production seem very unprofessional. We do feel as though we attracted our target audience and kept them intrugued when building tension in the close-ups and wide shots in the beginging. Despite us feeling as though we incorporated many different camera angles, we also felt that there was room for improvement and incorporation of many mroe such as a tracking shot, POV shot or a dolly zoom. We used Final Cut Pro to edit the production together and felt that the software was easy to use and grasp. We felt that to improve this production we could have included non-diegetic music, better uses of costumes and props in the mise-en-scene and a variety of shots to engage the audeince. For our preliminary idea we decided to film a police interrogation. Through doing this we will be demonstrating our camera skills we have learn't so far. These techniques are: 180 degrees, match on action, shot reverse shot and the rule of thirds. We brainstormed many different ideas and tried to incorporate all of these factors to portray an in-depth understanding. After discussing many ideas, we felt that the best option was to carry out an over dramatic police interrogation as this gives plenty of opportunity to show off our camera skills.
UPDATE: This was our initial idea but considering the amount of props and areas we had access to we felt it was better to create a kidnapping scenario however we tried to incorporate the many different camera angles, techniques and rules previously discussed. Shot reverse shot is mainly used in a scene between two people as a filming technique. The camera frame will start filming one characters profile where the character is shown looking at another character and the other is looking back at the first. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions it portrays to the viewer that they are both looking at eachother. Here's an example: Match on action is an editing technique used to edit one shot to another shot demonstrating fluent continuity throughout the edit. The action carrying through creates a 'visual bridge' distracting the audience from the alight cutting or continuity issues. This also gives more detail to the narrative. The rule of thirds is used to divide the frame into 9 different sections. The reason this is done is to create an indication of where the image should be framed. The subject of the image should be focused on the intersecting lines. When the subject moves, the intersecting points will stay in the same place on the subject. If the subject is a person, the horizontal line will usually be in line with their eyes. The vertical line will be through the middle of their body. The 180 degree rule depicts an imaginary line called the "axis" showing the physical relation between two characters. If the director desires to switch sides at any point during the filming then the crossover must be shown in the final editing for the scene to make sense to the audience. If the director did not follow this rule, then he would be demonstrating, what is called, "crossing the line". This would result in the audience receiving a disorientated view of the characters, this is called "reverse angle". In our preliminary meeting we discussed the 4 different camera rules, being: 180 degree rule, rule of thirds, match on action and shot reverse shot. We decided that we didn't want to start doing camera work until we fully understood the camera angles and rules. After revising one rule, we will practise using the camera to experiment and demonstrate what we have learnt so that we are able to incorporate it into our final production.
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