Preliminary task

In my first lesson of my preliminary task I had to create footage of a very simple action which was to film a character that walks through a room, opens a door and sits down and haves a conversation with another character. To create this piece of film with my partner Jack Davenport I had to do planning, which I learnt from my other lesson, it was vital that I had made my planning very clear and with as much annotation as I could put. I did a storyboard of my idea, who agreed with some of my ideas. I worked very well and communicated my ideas and so did he. This made my understanding very strong and allowed both of us to develop brighter ideas. Me and my partner always thought about the mise-en-scene and tried to remember all the techniques we can apply when filming. I thought about the frames and what will be in the background and the foreground. When I made my plan I used arrows to show and indicate the movements of the camera and the directions it will move. I made sure I used the rule of third when filming and made sure I did not exceed the 180 degree rule when filming. I applied this rule when I filmed the over the shoulder scenes I also used the match on action.

With this I made sure I didn’t cross the invisible line and also I used different type of cinematography such as
• Close ups
• Extreme close ups
• Long shots which is known as the establishing shot
• Mid shot
• Over the shoulder
Also I used dialogue when there was conversations in the scene of the over shoulder shot.
Even better if
I had more time to finish it completely, and if I could mend it after receiving more information on what didn’t go so well.