Preliminary Task

We had to do a preliminary task in order to give us a chance to use the cameras and get used to them, in order for our filming to be good when it comes to the real thing. We were given the scenario of a girl walking through the door and walking across the room and then two characters having a conversation, we had to include a shot-reverse shot and had to make sure we acknowledged the 180 degree rule.

We included elements and shots like: close ups; we used a close up on the door handle to add emphasis to the fact that someone was entering a room, zoom ins and outs; the zoom in at the start helps to show that the girl is doing work and that she isn't in the room for no reason at all and sets up the plot and conversation, also the zoom out at the beginning shows the character actually walking through the door and helps us to see her journey from then on into the room, the shot reverse-shot helps to show that these characters are looking and listening to one another and in a way we get to see the other character from the other characters perspective, a pan was used when the characters were talking, making us able to see that these two characters are talking to each other and we get to see them both together and where they are, this also allows for a two shot when the characters were sitting across from one another at the table which once again shows that these characters know each other and are having a conversation which also shows that no one else is involved in this conversation, only these 2 characters.

I feel after doing this task, I am much more confident with the camera and how to produce certain shots etc.