In our preliminary exercise we worked as a group of four. I worked with Pavan, Anjali, AJ and myself. We decided on creating a scene in an episode of a soap/drama which would be one of the small stories within the episode. The clip lasted for approximately 41 seconds, this wasn’t meant to be too long as we were practising on how to shoot 3 specific shot which were;

·         Match on action

·       180 degree rule

·       Cutting the shots

In our preminary clips its starts off with Anjali which starts off with a medium long shot of the shows she is walking towards the door and also shows the audience what she is wearing and her facial expressions. There are two protagonists in this clip who are meant shown as a couple in the clip. We then filmed an extreme close up which was the door handle being pushed down as she is opening it this was purely done because we wanted to emphasise her going into the room. Anjali is then shown walking in through the door on the other side which is match on action. When she is walking in her facial expressions are seen as happy walking into her home to meet her boyfriend. The next shot is a long shot which shows her point of view as she is walking towards the boy; we did this because it is effective to the audience when they see the camera through the person’s eyes. There is another medium long shot from an angle which shows both of them from the side hugging each other which tells the audience they may be together. There is binary opposition which is that we see the boy is wearing a black jacket and the girl is wearing grey which is the closest to white, this connotes ‘‘good and evil’ which can link to the characters personalities and the storyline of her being unfaithful and the boy being unfaithful.

There is key lighting throughout the scene which connotes to the audience everyone is having a good day which also links back to Anjali’s facial expressions when she is walking through the door. Furthermore, there is also a back lighting which makes the image seem more softened and real. As the shots have been focused mainly on the character rather than the room itself it shows the intimacy between the two characters and makes it more intense for the audience as they are cautious to know what’s going to happen.

From the part where the actors hug it blurred into a close up of the phone ringing. This creates enigma code for the audience as there wondering who it is because the mystery caller appears on the phone with a heart. The phone is a vital prop that we used as it is the main part of the narrative. There is then a medium shot of the boy asking the girl how her day was which was shot using the 180 degree rule, filmed over the girls shoulder, then over the boys shoulder showing her response. There is then another close up; when we filmed the conversation we used the 180 degree rule throughout using which was filmed over the shoulder of the person they are talking to with a bit of the persons shoulder in the camera.

After this there is a straight cut onto the next shot which is a medium shot, still using the 180 degree rule which shows the audience that the boy is getting angry by leaning across the table and snatching the phone of Anjali to see who the mystery caller is and too see why she is looking so suspicious. This provokes him more as she tries to grab it back off him. We then filmed a long shot of the boy standing up in fury which shows disequilibrium in the narrative. The next shot is a medium/close up of the girl who shows her facial expression telling us she has nothing to say as she looks down and has a guilty look on her face. Then at the ending it end of her phone with a picture of her and a boy which creates and enigma code in the audience as they are eager to find out who he is.

WWW: The camera angles used were effective and we followed the 180 degree rule as well as the match on action and shot reverse shot.

EBI: If we included more clips to make it longer and if we added some music to create more of a feel to the scene.  

Preliminary task- teacher’s evaluation

Teacher’s evaluation

WWW:

·                     Good Performance.

·                     Steady Camerawork.

·                     Simple Storytelling.

·                     Match on action Effective.

·                     180 degree rule followed.

·                     Effective plot device - Phone.

·                     Post production - editing.

EBI:

·                     Sound dialogue not clear.

·                     Continuity error - phone on desk.

·                     Attention to detail.

Results:

1.                   Creativity:                           4/5

2.                  Use of Technology:           3/5

3.                  Production Process:         4/5

4.                  Codes of Convention:       4/5

5.                   Fit for Purpose:                  4/5

6.                  Attention to Detail:             3/5

Overall Grade Achieved:         3+

Shot No.	Shot	Length
1	Anjali walks to the door in a happy mood. Medium long shot, panning.	3 seconds
2	Close up of the handle.	2 seconds
3	Long shot of when she walks in.	4 seconds
4	Shot reverse shot of when Anjali looks at Ajay and he looks at her. Whilst greeting each other.	6 seconds
5	Medium shot of Anjali and Ajay hugging.	3 seconds
6	They both then sit down, using the 180 degree rule showing them sitting down.	5 seconds
7	Shot reverse shot over Anjali’s shoulder of Ajay speaking.	4 seconds
8	Then extreme close up of Anjali’s phone vibrating on the table.	2 seconds
9	Medium shot of Ajay asking Who had messaged her using the 180 degree rule.	3 seconds
10	Then shot reverse shot of Anjali replying nobody with a smile, over Ajay’s shoulder.	3 seconds
11	Then a shot over Anjali’s shoulder of Ajay snatching her phone and seeing a picture.	4 seconds
12	Then a close up of Ajay standing up asking Anjali who that person was.	4 seconds
13	Then a close up of Anjali silent.	3 seconds
14	Finally an extreme close up of the phone.	2 seconds