Preliminary task to final

piece

We have started off with an establishing shot of the building we will be using for our preliminary exercise.

We have focused on the front of the building .We used a 360 panning shot to establish the building and its surroundings.

If we were to take this shot again , we would possibly take it from a further distance and incorporate different angles ,maybe add in a close up of the writing on the building to further emphasise the area.

This shot establishes the child's bedroom. We have again used a panning shot , this time we made sure the camera was completely still , taken from the right angle and that we did not zoom into something particular this time .

We have straight away gone into a shot of the spy on her journey. If this shot was done next time, we would make sure more shots from different angles were taken to create more of a continuous edit.

This shot does not show the actresses face as she is a spy her identity has to be kept unknown

We did not want to reveal the actresses identity too early into the sequence . We have taken this shot from a tilted angle as Scarlet runs into the woods as we felt it was more effective than taking the shot from a straight angle as the audience would before to connect with the character more.

We have taken a mid shot as the actress is about to walk through the door. This was to enable the audience to identify with the actress a bit more.

A shot of the actress was taken as she walks through the door.However,this shot did not flow continuously .If we were to take this type of shot again , we would have to take several shots of the actress walking through the door to show the exact movement as the door is being opened and closes to create a continuous edit.

Still keeping the identity of the actress a secret , a long shot has been taken as the journey is continued.

A mid shot is used to engage the audience as the actress is entering a new setting.

A shot has been taken as she walks into the room , to keep the continuous flow.

An over the shoulder shot has been used .This gives the view from the main actresses point of view.

Both actresses are turned around, identity is still kept a secret.

The identity is still kept secret for the first half of the sequence.

Used an over the shoulder shot once again however this time made sure the camera was kept straight .

The identity of spy 2 has been revealed.

Having her hand on the table emphasises the power she has over the other spy.

An over the shoulder shot has been taken .However , spy 2 is the person supposing to have the power over spy one. The mistake made was this camera position chosen as it seems spy 1 is the dominating spy as she is shown to be bigger.

A close up of the prop is given to emphasise this is the main prop

We had used several close ups in our final sequence as we wanted to keep the audience engaged and keep the characters identity unknown for most of the sequence.

The folder is then slid to spy 2 , creating a continuous flow .

An over the shoulder shot is done again.We made sure we had used the 180 degree rule when filming the converse shots .We had done this correctly .

Summary • Overall , I feel the preliminary task was very useful. I believe

our group has learnt from our mistakes and have greatly improved our skills whilst filming using a variety of camera angles and positions . We had used very similar camera shots from our preliminary task to our final sequence which I felt had really improved the way we took each shot as we were able to link each camera position with the meaning we wanted to portray through each shot. We had a chance to familiarise with the camera and its functions whilst filming the preliminary exercise which helped us when filming our final piece as we knew which equipment to use when and how to use the camera to its full potential .