Storyboard for Preliminary Task

This is our storyboard for our preliminary task. Having a storyboard before filming is helpful because when you have visual representation of the plot you're less likely to forget to include a scene or miss out an important part. Also, adding extra text to the pictures makes it more informative such as adding camera angles, camera shots, location etc.

Preliminary task

The preliminary task is to create a continuity piece of footage by filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character who they exchange a few lines of dialogue with.






This task should demonstrate match on action which is a film editing technique where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shots action. An example of this is when within a class there's a fight in the background of the teacher so the shot moves to the fight.


It should also demonstrate the 180 degree rule which is basic guideline that states that two characters in the same scene should not cross, this creates special awareness and makes it easy for the audience to understand.
In this footage shot/reverse shot should be shown, which is usually used within conversation to display in detail how they react to each other emotionally and what they say as it switches between the two characters. In addition to this, the use of a variety of different camera angles and shots effectively and appropriately such as the close up, medium shot and long shot.




This task I'll be working with Fran and Jordan; we are all taking part in the pre-production which is the planning of the task and planning location, storyboards, logistics and casting which is the most important and main task. The second stage involves two of us are going to be in the footage and one of us behind the camera and the third stage we're going to work together to edit so that we all get a chance to work with the editing equipment and all give ideas on the process.

Shot Types

Our first task was to take examples photos of different shot types these are the images I got:

This is an establishing shot this is the opening shot which is used to set the scene, as we can see in this shot the scene is the entrance to the school, so the audience know that the rest of the footage 

is going to take place at school.

This is an example of a shot/reverse shot which is often used in conversations to show who is speaking and also the audience gets to see in detail how they react to each other emotionally as we can see on the left photo Emma is shocked at the news she’s heard.

This is a tilt shot which often shows speed, movement, action or an unsettled mood.

This is a low shot which is effective as it makes someone seem larger than life size which makes them seem more dominant, or to suggest we are seeing someone through the eyes of someone seated or small.

This is an extreme close up this is used to show and important detail, object, gesture or moment of contact or importance between characters. 

This is a medium/mid shot which is often of the character(s) waist up, which shows some part of the subject in more detail which shows enough for audience to feel like they’re looking at the whole subject.

This is a long shot which shows a character at some distance as we can see in the picture above the girl is quite far away from the camera and the character is often dominated by surroundings.

This is a close up which captures a specific item in more detail and focuses on this as there's not much background in the frame, if it's of a person it's usually just head and shoulders and in that situation is used to catch a characters emotional response to something.

Introduction

Welcome to my blog, I'm Amy Heald and I'm a A-Level media student at Tupton Hall!

I have not previously studied Media however I am excited to learn about how films and TV shows are created and the whole process that it takes to create our favourite films; some of my favourites include Whiplash (if you haven't seen this and require inspiration in your life this is for you) and Guardians of the Galaxy, how can you resist the ultimate charm of Chris Pratt?

I also really enjoy watching TV series' and I am guilty of binge watching ("just one more episode" always turns into 5 more, am I right?) for example Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead just to name a few - I absolutely loved these series'.

I am also looking forward to creating pieces of footage, filming and editing which I have previously done before with a few friends for fun; even though what was created was extremely cringe worthy and should be unspoken of as we were young but I really enjoyed doing this so I'm enthusiastic about starting our task which is to create an continuity piece so I can learn and develop my skills further and use different camera angles and techniques effectively.