Media Studies 2009-11

This is our Preliminary Filming excersize. We had to stick to a brief given to us by Mr Marshall stating that theres should be a good variety of shots inc a shot revearse shot the use of over the shoulder shots. The story was simple the exchange of an item including crossing a room and the use of dialouge. In our first attempt we did not stick to the brief in all of our filming so we had to go and film again. Second time round and we kept it simple and to the brief i feel that the vareiation in shots is good for example when callum is coming down the stares there is a cut to a close up of his feet and the package coming down the stares. This film includeds a shot revearse shot an over the shoulder shot and the use of dialouge and within all this we stuck to the brief throughout. Another positive that can be taken from this piece of film is the sound levels are good and all sound a dialouge in the piece are clear and of a good level. A negeative of the piece is where we try do a pan tracking shot on callum but toward the end of it , it becomes jumpy, this could be improved by using a tripod with a lubricated giro or cuting the shot before the jumpyness starts. A general overview of the piece is that it is a well stuctured and well put together piece and i feel we show some good skill and ability for this early on in our film making.

In the example made by Mr Mannix and Marshall there are some postives and negatives. The general positives with this peice is the overall flow and consictency of it as can be seen in the cut from mid shot to close up when Mr Mannix opens the door and places his hand on the door handle. Another positive is the very good close up back to mid shot when Mr Mannix grabs the chair and we see a close up of his hand grabbing and back to a mid shot but it doesnt look like a cut it still looks like one single shot then adding to the peices continuity. Although there are good points to this peice there are also bad ones , for instance in the over the shoulder shot there is too much head room above both heads making the room seem bigger than it is and the characters smaller. During the over the shoulder shot sequences there is a mistake of crossing the line so it looks like both characters are talking to themselfs. The final negative point about this piece is the sound levels have not been correctly set so in places dialouge can become distorted.