Prelim

PRELIM

To help create out prelim we first planned out a story board. We wanted to create a short clip that would be visually easy to follow for the viewer. However we had to make sure we used a range of cinematography features to aid this. We all shared our ideas with one another and listened to each of them. By sharing our ideas, it helped us to create a clip which we were all content with.

We chose to set our scene within the school grounds located in the corridor because it was an appropriate location that provided us with easy access under the timing conditions that were set. We began with a close up of a watch, as it showed time was significant and set the subject to the story. Following that, a close up of the actor's face showed its facial expressions and helped the audience to feel its emotion. Keeping the close up, the books carried by the actor suggested a business encounter. However to make this more dramatic we incorporated a slow motion effect. We then introduced a long shot of the actor running towards the camera which was then reversed to the back of the actor running away from the camera

We then chose to incorporate an accessible door leading to a room to show match on action of the door being opened. The actor then is seen in a long shot from the inside of the room of the door still opening. Leading off of this the camera pans the actor walking across the room towards another character. To emphasise the character sitting down we included a close up of the hand pulling the chair out. An establishing shot was then introduced to set the scene of the room. The establishing shot showed the two characters which suggested a relationship between the two. After the the interview a conflicted handshake occurs in a close up leading to a long shot of the character storming of out of the room. Concluding with the slamming of the door.

We came across numerous difficulties whilst filming our clip. We realised that some of the angles we had planned to shoot were harder than we had expected. For example getting the composition to the best ability came as an obstacle to us. However we managed to adapt by changing the height and position of the tripod to correct our mistake. Once we had created our prelim and watched it back we realised that in one of the scenes we had left the tripod in the shot. All these mistakes have just made us more cautious for when we film our final thriller piece.

Overall our prelim was edited to our best ability and we produced a well constructed clip. The prelim has set the foundations of the basic techniques of using the camera. We now know how to film and will most defiantly come across different techniques whilst filming our thriller. Therefore our knowledge will grow through our journey of filming.

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