Preliminary Task: Film Feedback

 

Pitch Feedback

When we told everyone our pitch, there were a few questions to come back with:
"How are you going to make the artificial lighting?"
Were going to see how visible the characters are with natural lighting then if we need to put a light on outside etc...
"How are you going to make it look, like there's a bomb there?"
We're going to use the prop, that has wires coming out of it, which we already have and then get a close up of a pair of scissors cutting the wire.
"How are you going to show the note?"
We're going to show a close up of the note ("go to T13") and leave it on screen for a while so that all the audience are aware of where they have to go, were also going to get one of the main characters to read the note out loud.

Group Roles

Lucy Gladdish

I took notes on the different questions people were asking in order for us to answer them later on in the pitch feedback. I also helped answer any questions I could.

Amy Tilley

For the pitch feedback I answered any queries that anyone had regarding our pitch. This helped me improve our clip and come up with new effective ideas.

Preliminary Task: Peer Assessment Action Plan

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Preliminary Task: Self Assessment (Lucy Gladdish)

Preliminary Task: Self Assessment (Amy Tilley)

Preliminary Task: Final Video

Preliminary Task: Storyboard

 

Preliminary Task: Research Into Camera Work: Shots

Roles:

Camerwork: Lucy

Description: Amy

XLS:

An Extreme Long is also known as an Establishing Shot. This is used to set the location and time of the scene/  In this type of shot the camera is at its furthest distance from the subject, emphasising the background, and the subject is barley visable.

LS:

A Long Shot shows a fair amounf of the subject, e.g a person head to toe. it also shows the surroundings of the background. it is also known as a wide shot. When a person is in the frame a long shot means they take up almost the full frame height.
In other situations it means a wide shot of the whole scene, placing the subjects in their environment.



MS:

A mid shot is when  the subject or actor occupys roughly equal areas in the frame. In the case of the standing actor, the lower frame passes through the waist. There is space for hand gestures to be seen.

MCU:

A Medium Close is half way between a mid shot and a close up This shot shows the face more clearly, without getting uncomfortably close. The setting can still be seen. The lower frame line passes through the chest of the actor. The close up may allow the viewer to see how the subject is reacting to something

BCU:

Big Close-Up shows the characters forehead to chin. All Close-ups focus attention on a person's feelings or reactions, and are sometimes used in interviews to show people in a state of emotional excitement, grief or joy. They can be used to emphasize the characters guilt, and make the audience feel awkward or tense when watching. This can make the viewer focus of the subject alone as none of the background can be seen.

ECU:

An extreme close up shows a specific object of significance, and also can be used to foreshadow parts of the plot. It can be used to for example, show a characters eyes if they are crying. A specific reason is normally needed to use the extreme close up, and the object of person will fill the frame with no background.

Two Person Shot:

Two-shots are good for establishing a relationship between subjects, it can also introduce two people.  It could also involve movement or action. It is a good way to follow the interaction between two people without getting distracted by their surroundings.

High Angle Shot:

A high angle shows the subject from above, This has the effect of diminishing the subject, making them appear less powerful, less significant or even submissive. A high angle shot may make the viewer feel empathy for the subject.

Low Angle Shot:

This is taken from above the subject, making them appear superior or dominant. It is anywhere below the eyeline. Low angle shots are often used to portray control of a situation and often show a power character.

Eye Level Shot:

An eye level shot shows subjects as we would expect to see them in real life. It makes the viewer pay less attention the presence of the camera and and feels like they are in the same place as the subject.

Canted:

 

A canted shot is deliberately slanted to one side, sometimes used for dramatic effect to help portray unease, disorientation, frantic or a desperate action. It may signifiy some distorition within the plot and can unsettle the veiwer.  

Preliminary Task: Pitch

Roles-
Pitch written by: Amy
Pitch delivered by: Amy and Lucy

Preliminary Task: Research into Camerawork: Camera Movement

Group Roles:
Camerawork: Amy
Writing: Amy



Pan:

A pan is when the camera lens moves from left to right. To acheive a smoother pan a tripod can be used. It used to follow an object and can show the distance between two objects. This movement is particulary effect in an establishing shot, when a location needs to be distinguished.

Tilt:

A tilt is when the camera vertically tilts up and down from a stationary location. A tilt can be used to show how high something is, and to diminish the subject and make them feel inferior.

Crab:

A Crab movement is when the camera moves following the object and a constant distance from the subject.

Arc:





An Arc movement is when the camera takes a semi circle around the focused object.

Pull in and Pull out:

This is used when the camera moves towards the subject. This is also known as a dolly zoom. The effect is that the background size changes whilst the subject appears stationary. This effect is known as perspective distortion.