Our preliminary task was a short clip based on a horror scene, where three girls at school are walking to their next lesson and hear a mysterious noise coming from a door. Our task brief was to have two characters sitting down having a conversation, we decided to modify this slightly as we wanted to make it a horror and having the mysterious sound behind the door creates an enigma for the audience, all though we did use dialogue when the two characters Molly and Beth were discussing the mysterious sound.
In our task the continuity of editing made sense so that the sequence of events in the clip were clear for the viewer, to ensure that it was we showed our clip to a few peers in our media studies class and they said that it made sense to them and that they understood the plot of the task.
In the task we used a match on action when one of the characters Beth was opening the door to see what the enigma was behind the door, a point of view shot is also used so that the audience can feel as scared as the character, this is effective as it adds tension as the viewer is about to find out what is behind their door because they don't know what to expect. My role in this was the editing so i edited the match on action by having the characters walking to the door then a cut shot to show Beth opening the door and then a reaction shot showing the characters reaction to whats behind the door, this makes it look fluent and flow naturally, to portray a false sense of continuity to the viewer.
We used a shot reverse shot when the two characters Beth and Molly are having a conversation about the noise behind the door discussing whether they should look what it is or not, this shot reverse shot shows that Beth is the more rebellious character as she wants to see what it is, where as Molly is the more innocent/scared character as she wants to leave immediately, so it gives the viewer a sense of the characters personality's. A shot reverse shot is also used with a point of view shot so that the viewer feels more involved in the clip.
When filming for our task we observed the 180 degree rule, we did this to maintain the audiences sense of location, this is so that the clip looks natural, if we broke the 180 degree rule it would look unnatural and provoke confusion therefor we took caution to prevent this.
In our task we used panning to show the characters movement towards the door in which was the enigma, this makes the audience feel scared for the characters as they are walking toward danger. a close up was used to show the sign on the door which said 'students are not permitted to pass this point without prior permission' a close up of this is used to add top the enigma as the audience want to know why students aren't allowed to pass the point, the colour red is used to represent danger which also adds to the horror conventions of the clip. a long shot is used at the beginning to show the characters location in which was a school, this also gives a sense of the characters as it shows that they are students. we used flashing lights and tense sound effects in the clip to add to the tension, we also used low key lighting which also adds to the enigma. we used an over the shoulder shot when the characters were walking towards the door this shows their objective towards the door and their relation to it.
My contribution to the group was an Actor and the main editor. In my role i was the character Jess in which was the more scared character that wanted to avoid danger so i had to act scared, i could have acted a little better as i didn't look as scared as i could have done. My main role was the Editor and Molly was the co editor so i edited all of the videos into windows movie maker to put the video together and make the cut shots, shot reverse shot and the match on action in which Theo recorded as he was the camera man and director. I also edited in the digetic sound effects to add tension to the clip so that it meets the horror conversion and to make it look more professional, Molly was the co editor and helped me decided where each part of the clip should go. I feel within my role of an actor i could have done better as i didn't look very professional. i feel that with my role as an editor i did quite well as the continuity of the clip was good and everything was in the right places and looked quite professional, all though one part which was around 10 seconds into the clip the cut didn't flow very well as the characters were in slightly different positions, which we can improve on for when we make our main task.
from this process of making the preliminary task i have understood the 180 degree angle as if it is broken the video doesn't look very natural, i have also learnt a better understanding of all of the camera angles and how to edit and add sound effects.
No comments:
Post a Comment