Main Task Brief

Our task is to create the titles and opening scene of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
For this task, I will be working with Hannah Ginns (http://hannahginns.blogspot.co.uk)

Evaluation

Story Board

This is our finished story board, which we used for the planning of our preliminary task. This was created with Hannah Ginns.

Edit decision list

We had re-film several times as the transitions and techniques were not smooth and precise. All the footage that we used came from the third time that we filmed.
We took several films of the same scene each time we filmed so that we could choose the best shots, sometimes we only filmed once as we were happy with the filming and we didn't believe that we could do it any better.
In the end we did not have to do too much editing, as the initial filming was of good quality.

Shot List

We used a series of shots, these included:
> Extreme long shot
> Long Shot
> Over the shoulder shot
> Medium close up
> Establishing shot

Full preliminary task

This is our full preliminary task, this was filmed and edited with Hannah Ginns (http://hannahginns.blogspot.co.uk)

Shot Reverse Shot Example

This is our example of shot reverse shot, this was filmed and edited with Hannah Ginns (http://hannahginns.blogspot.co.uk)

Match on action example

This is our example of match on action, this was filmed and edited with Hannah Ginns (http://hannahginns.blogspot.co.uk)

Preliminary planning

Actors – Vanessa Winkler and Abigail Buckland 

Setting and why – An empty dance studio as it was a quite place so we can clearly hear what they were saying and there was no background disruptions. There was no one to interrupt the dialogue that would be said. We used the corridors and doors as they fit in with the preliminary brief and meant we can achieve a strong quality match on action.

Sequence - 2 establishing shots showing the locations, long shot showing Abigail walking down corridor and then match on action, continued match on action when walking and opening doors to reach location, two shots of actors and over the shoulder shots then showing shot reverse shot, two shot of both actors and then long shot showing Vanessa exiting. 

Date and Time – Tuesday 9^th September 2014 at 16.40

(Working with Hannah Ginns - http://hannahginns.blogspot.co.uk )

Script for Preliminary Task

Script - This was created with Hannah Ginns

Person 1: Hi, how are you?

Person 2: I’m good thanks, what about you?

Person 1: Great thank you, did you watch x-factor last night?

Person 2: Yes, of course, who was your favourite?

Person 1: Jake Quickenden, his singing was so good, did you see that crazy lady who called herself Lady C or whatever she was so weird.

Person 2: Yeah, I remember her, I thought she called herself Queen C anyway she was slightly deluded thinking she was the British version of Lady Gaga.

Person 1: Yeah, definitely, I cannot believe some peoples family think that there children are amazing and would let them go on the show, there just making a fool of themselves.

Person 2: I know you think that the parents would tell them that there not good enough to make it, save them the embarrassment as I would rather here from my parents that I’m not good instead of going on national television and looking stupid in front of the whole nation.

Person 1: Yeah, I know what you mean but at the same time I’m sure some of the contestants are simply to stubborn and hard headed to listen to there parents and would do it anyway and I’m sure any parent is just trying to be supportive of there child.

Person 2: I think if I had a child I would be supportive no matter what.

Person 1: Me too, so what did you do this weekend?

 Person 2: I went out for a meal you?

Person 1: Oh was it nice, I went to the cinema.

Person 2: Yeah it was thanks, what did you go and see, was it any good?

Person 1: The Hundred Feet Journey and yeah, it was different but interesting, it had Helen Miram in it.

Person 2: Oh, I think I saw the trailer for that, is it the one directed by Oprah Winhrey and Steven Spielberg.

Person 1: Yeah, that’s the one, have you seen any films recently?

Person 2: Yeah, I went to see Let’s be Cops.

Person 1: Was it any good, I’ve heard its funny?

Person 2: Yeah, it was really good, the plot line was better than I thought, you should definitely watch it.

Person 1: Maybe, yeah normally those types of films don’t have the best story lines.

Person 2: I agree, you doing anything tonight?

Person 1: I don’t have anything planned yet why?

Person 2: Do you want to come for mine for dinner, you haven’t been round in ages, we could work on the English homework after food.

Person 1: Yeah sure my Mum will be fine with it, I forgot about that homework we should do it together if we have time and have a general catch up.

Person 2: Sounds like a plan, so I’ll see you tonight?

Person 1: Ok, what time should I come round at?

Person 2: About five and you can go home whenever.

Person 1: Ok, see you then

Person 2: Alright I’m going to go home and get ready, bye!

[person 2 exits]

In the end, when we came to filming we decided to not stick to the script as it sounded false and scripted, so we had the actors make up and improvise in what they were saying as this created a natural feel and made the transitions between scenes smoother.

Preliminary Task Brief

> A continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting in a chair opposite another character, with whom they exchange a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should include match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. It shall be edited in iMovie or Final Cut Pro.