The Preliminary Exercise
For the preliminary exercise we had to film a short continuity scenario in order to better our filming and editing skills. The scenario provided for us to use in the preliminary exercise was to show a character walking across a room, sitting down and then exchanging a couple lines of dialogue. To make the short production pass the necessary criteria we have to demonstrate a match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.
In the first lesson we were asked to get into a group and decide what roles we were going to undertake. My group consisted of Abderahim, Gina, Zainab and myself. Then decided what jobs we would each undertake. We came to the conclusion that I would be the director .But I will also have to act in the story due our groups size.One factor that came across my thinking was, would I be able to do both roles simultaneously. The answers will only be found out during the filming process. Me and Gina who made the script, came up with the idea that the storyline will follow a teacher's interview whereby she is being interview by the headteacher Bob (played by Me). Part of my role as director meant I had to create a storyboard (first three frames shown below) of the shots and scenes we were going to film and find a location.
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Frame 1: Jessie approaches interview room
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Frame 2: Point of view shot of Jessie opening door |
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Frame 3: Bob and Jessie come together for handshake
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A good start Niel. Although you weren't asked to explain the task, this may be useful to you later in the year.
ReplyDeleteYour storyboards and account of the first session show organisation skills to a basic level and uploading the images to your blog shows proficient use of ICT at this stage. Level 2+