loaction recce

the location recce was made so that we could disscuss where the camera could be placed, where the lighting could be, power placement, the size and look of the room, also so we could disscuss the character movemnt and if we would have to move any objects of the room.
i created the location reece and the rest of the group collected the rest of the tech. detail.

storyboard

the story board was created so that we knew the camera positions, character positions, the shot sizes, the amount of shots, length of shot and scenes and editing detail.
each person did a section of the story board and the tech. detail was made between us.

script

the script was created so that the characters knew what to say and do, also so that we could work out how many shots we needed ( shot reverse shot ).
the script consisted of dialogue, stage directions, shot info and location info.
we created the scipt between us, creating the best script for the genre of the scene.

group discussion-basic briefing

first of all our group brain stormed ideas for our short production, of a man/woman walking into a room sitting at a desk and exchanging dialouge with the person behind the desk.

we thought about camera effects/techniques such as panning, zooming, tilting and tracking. we also thought about the amount of characters, props e.g. costumes and other props, and location. ideas for the scene were brought forward by each person of the group, ideas such as an office type environment and an interigation type scene.

we decided that because of the size of our group [3] we had to incorperate someone from outside of our media class so that we had a total of 3 characters, and 1 camera man.

it will be an interigation scene where a scruffy man, with bruises and some blood on his face would be walked down a corridor by a smartly dressed man then pushed into a room , in which a man would be seated at a desk also smartly dressed, the scruffy man would then cross the room nervously, and the camera would follow him like cctv.

he would then sit down at the desk opposite the man and they would exchange conversation, in which the man who was already seated at the desk would ask the scruffy man questions. the scruffy man would give short nervous replies.

then the smart dressed man stands up, walks around the desk, lays his hands on the scruffy mans shoulders and says something like, "thats not what i wanted to hear", and walk out of the room. as he walks out the other smartly dressed man walks in, and then it will cut to a scene from outside the room, and the door will close slowly. and then gun shots will be heard.

*we will start off by filming the men walking down the corridor, scruffy man being pushed by the suited man, using panning to follow them walking in a medium long shot.
*then a shot of the suited man pushing the scruffy man into the room, closing the door and walking out of shot medium shot from a static point.
*then the scene would cut to inside the room, where the camera would be positioned like a cctv camera, and pan across as the man goes to the desk, medium long shot.
*then as the conversation takes place we will use shot-reverse-shot to catch all the conversation, match-on-action, from a medium close up.
*then as the suited man stands up and walks out the camera follows the mans movements to the door, medium long shot, and then stays static as the other suited man walks in, gun held by his leg.
*then it will cut to outside the room, where we will see the door close slowly, medium shot, and then gun fire sounds. the camera still focused on the door in medium shot.

this uses;

panning
shot-reverse-shot
match-on-action

we are also tacking into account the 180 deg. rule, and considering where we would place the camera for the shots.

what we have learnt so far ....

so far we have learnt several media terms and information such as;

4 basic camera moverments; panning[left to right, from a fixed point], tilting[up and down, from a fixed point], tracking[left to right, not fixed], jibing[up and down, not fixed]

shot sizes; Close up, extreme close up, medium close up, long shot, medium long shot, medium shot and 3/4 shot. aswell as an establishing shot, which is not included in the shot sizes.

framing; people, objects, where they are placed in the frame.

arrows; to show camera movements [outside the box] and character movement [inside the box]

the 180 deg. rule; the problems that occur if you do not take into account the camera angles, switching from one point to another, e.g. if you film someone walking in a direction, the switch so you are filming the other sde of them, it would look like they are walking in a different direction.

the rule of 3rds; if a character is moving in a shot, the character is allways a third of the frame from the edge of the frame, so there is plenty of space to for character movement, so that they dont go out of shot.

shot-reverse-shot; is used to show things such as talking and reactions, related to match on action, the camera is positioned to film character action e.g. dialogue, then the camera angle is switched to show, for example, another characters reaction, then the angle is switched back to its original position.

match-on-action; to show action, dialogue and reactions of characters, so the camera allways stays with the action, unless planned otherwise for a specific reason.

over the shoulder; the camera is positioned so that you can see over the shoulder of a person, to film the actions of another, sometimes you will be able to see some of the persons shoulder or face.

diegetic/non-diegetic sound; diegetic sound is sound of which the character can hear/see the source, where as non-diegetic the character cannot.