Dialogue

Here's the dialogue for our film:

Starting our filming!

Unfortunately, we lost our tape with the previous recorded footage on it, therefore we had to start our filming again. However, this did in fact benefit us, as we were able to change our location of the scene to a much more suitable context, according to the genre of our film. Also, it gave it the advantage to shooting the shots again, which were able to be taken with more consideration, therefore improving the quality of our film.

Today, we succeeded in shooting the first scene of our film.

Here is the new location our film is being mostly shot in:

Here our some pictures of the production of our film:

Establishing our contexts

Today, on the 12th of December we have succeeded the following:

• Established where each of our scenes will be shot:

This is where the hostage is taken to and the interrigation is made.






This is the lift scene, in which Harrison (Timon) is first established, when he is on the phone to Emily (Pumba), and then Max (Scar).





This is the very first scene, in which the car comes in and Emily (Pumba) is taken out of the boot of the car.

• Completed the rest of our storyboard.
• Sorted each actor with a suitable costume, and props.
• Written the dialogue.

We are now ready to shoot the first few scenes this afternoon.

Planning our Preliminary Film

Last lesson, on the 7th of December:

• We exchanged numbers, therefore it is easy to keep in contact throughout the group. 
• We worked out each other's free periods, so we could plan when to film. 
• We initiated several ideas throughout the group, however we drew it to a final decision. The brief of our storyline is that Emily is taken hostage by Max and Harrison has to come deliver some goods to Max in order to save Emily.
• We then started to plan our storyboard.
• We created our own Facebook page, so it's easier to keep in contact and let the whole group know of our ideas, and other group member's views. 
• Lastly, we came up with each other's roles and character names, which is as follows; 

             Jack Peagam - Director and Camera man

             Max Slinger-Thompson - Actor (Scar)

             Harrison Hoar - Actor (Timon)

             Emily Bowles - Actor (Pumba) 

The Shot/Reverse Shot!

With the use of the 180 degree rule, the shot/reverse shot is an editing technique that is also mostly used in dialogue between two characters. Over-the-sholder shots are also very apparent within the shot/reverse shot, as well as also being linked with the equally persuasive eye-line matches.
One character is shown looking (usually off-screen) in which the viewer interprets the character to be looking at the other character. There is then a cut to a shot with the other character shown looking back at the first character. As a result of the characters being shown looking in opposite directions, the viewer therefore assumes that they're looking at each other.

Here is an example of a shot reverse shot:

As you can see, the characters are looking in opposite directions which makes the viewer know that they're looking at each other. With this specific example, it is very easy for the viewer to interpret that they are looking at each other, as over the shoulder shots have been used to prove the characters existence in the scene.

The 180 degree rule!

The 180 degree rule is a editing technique that is used so the viewer/audience are able to follow the action throughout the scene by establishing the character's time and space. The rule is specifically used in dialogue between two characters in a scene, and states that they should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If this rule is not applied, it may somewhat confuse the viewers, and seem as if the characters have switched places.

By looking at this diagram, you can see that you can have as many cameras as you want on the green side, in this case the character in orange will always appear on the left-hand side and the character in blue will appear on the right-hand side. However, if the cameras were to switch sides, on to the red side, it would give the impression that the characters have consiquently switched sides; the orange character would appear to be on the right-hand side and the blue character would appear to be on the left-hand side.

When you can break the rule:

This rule can be flaunted through camera movement, by taking your audience through the 180 degree line. You can see where this rule is apparent in the clip below at 0:38 seconds through.

In this clip, you will see the camera move past the character, breaking the 180 degree rule. However, because you actually see the line being crossed, you are aware of the change and are not disoriented by the camera side swap.

Preliminary continuity task

Your Task:

THIS TASK CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR COURSEWORK GRADE:

COURSEWORK REPRESENTS 50% OF THE AS LEVEL

The specification states that this must be:

‘ A continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue.’ The sequence must last no longer than one minute.

This task should demonstrate:

• Match on Action
• Shot/Reverse Shot
• The 180 degree Rule

All filming and editing must take place on Haywards Heath College campus. You will record your learning and processes on a group blog, which you will continue into the Main Task (the opening of thriller film).

FINAL DEADLINE: FRIDAY JANUARY 21^ST 2010 AT 4.10PM

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