Preliminary exercise report

Preliminary Exercise Report

Our preliminary exercise task had to involve filimg and editing a charcter opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character with whom they then exchange a couple of lines of dialogue. It had to demonstarte match on action, shot/ reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. 

Mine and Elise's was called Waiting. It was a romantic comedy and the audeience was teenagers. It involved a girl and a boy going on a blind date, the girl was late so was running to get there and the boy was worried that she wouldn't turn up so phones his friend. When she eventually bursts through the door the boy is shocked, she walks over to him and they exchange lines. We used a range of diferent camera shots from different angles and added music to create suspense and a better effect. 

Script

 

Boy: (on thephone panicking) Were you joking? She’s not here! You told me she’d be here 20minutes ago.

Boy: Thisisn’t funny stop winding me up.

Boy: (getting angry) Tell me the truth!

(Girl runsup and bursts through the door, boy looks her up and down)

Boy: Ohsorry mate never mind. (puts phone down)

Girl: Sorry to keep you waiting

Boy: It’s alright you were definitely worth the wait.

Storyboard 

Order of shooting

 

 Successes and Failures 

Improvements:

• The continuinity wasn't very good at some points, this could be improved by having consistent settings for example when the people were in the background.
• The Audio was sometimes a bit quiet and the talking was hard to hear, this could be improved by making sure the background music is at the right volume and fits the mood of the film. The people talking could have been recorded separately so the background niose could be cut out and it would be easier to hear.
• It could have been filmed somehwere else other than in school to make it more realistic. 
• The camer was shaky at some points, this could be improved by using a tripod more often.

Successes:

• We had a range of different angle camera shots which helped to build up suspense and add to the mood.
•  The "mystery character" worked well. We filmed the girl character from the back or side all the way through so you didn't see her face until the end.
• Editing was good in parts like the split screen and the different angles of the girl running down the stairs.

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