Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Pre Lim Task



Today In media we formed groups of four and worked on a Pre Lim task. We each got given a script with short lines and stage directions to follow. Two of us including me chose to be the actors who were being filmed and the other two in the group chose to film. The two people working on the camera filmed many shots of us acting the scene; so we had lots to work with when it came to editing. The stage directions were for actor A to stand still in one position facing a door and for actor B to come through the door have a conversation with  actor A and then leave again. To start of with we practised the scene many times adding extra movements that we thought were appropriate before we finally started to shoot. 

To start with we began shooting a wide shot which when shown to the audience, they will be able to establish the place we were working in; they are also aware of the costumes we were wearing and the environment the scene was set in. 

After we had filmed at least three wide shots we then moved the camera behind my shoulder so as I faced the door waiting for actor B to enter; the audience could see it from my perspective, this is called an over the shoulder shot. This gives a close up effect of the other character and shows the view of actor A and there perspective of actor B. 

Again after we had shot this at least three times we then changed the position of the camera to behind the door looking through the glass at an over the shoulder shot from actor B's perspective; giving the audience a clear close up of actor A from the perspective of actor B. 

After we had done this we began to play around with different ways of filming on the camera. In the scene we had been shooting, when actor B finishes his conversation with actor B and leaves the room, actor A falls to the floor. To get this shot on camera we filmed the scene at a high angle shot and as Actor A fell to the floor we tilted the camera; making the audience feel they are falling with them. 

Today's lesson was a very interesting lesson which most defiantly gave us all a taster of what it will be like filming our thrillers. It was useful to work together in a group, sharing and coming up with ideas, however as we had not practised the scene enough times we had to keep on rehearsing it which took up a lot of time. I feel next time we also need to really focus on continuity as I felt positions kept on changing. Another vital thing we need to work on for next time is communication, for example when passing the camera we need to say out loud  ' passing camera ' as someone may not be there to catch it.





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