Sunday, 11 September 2011

Preliminary Task - Finalised pre-production

Having brainstormed my initial ideas I decided to do a detailed shotlist, describing what shots I would use, as well as explaining dialogue, etc. This is my shotlist:



Following this I did a storyboard for my Preliminary task film. This included rough sketches of how I imagined the shots would look, shot-type details, and any dialogue. This is my storyboard:




Preliminary Task - Initial Ideas

Today, I've brainstormed ideas for my preliminary task film. The film is a practise to prepare me for my main task. The film has to include a character walking through a door, sitting down, and talking to somebody. I will be using a match cut of the character walking through the door to help form continuity. When the two characters are sat down I will do several shots cutting between the two characters, illustrating the 180 degree rule & match on action.

The 180° rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other:


Match on action is a simple technique used when filming to show continuity. An example of this, and what I will be doing for my preliminary is somebody walking through a door. I will be getting a shot of the character walking through a door and then a shot 'matching' the other of the character walking through the door from the other side. This is called match on action as it matches the action together.

This is my brainstorm of ideas: