Siobhan Powell: Preliminary Task

This is our groups preliminary task, the scenario for our task was about a game on the computer called "The Maze Game" and Scott went to play the game for the very first time to prove to his friend (myself) that he was not scared of a challenge. The aim of this preliminary task was to show that we knew how to use the 180 degree rule when on camera, which is what we did. We made sure that the camera person (Chelsea) showed the change of the camera angles accurately to make the clip more realistic to the audience, and we also ensured that there was at least 30 degrees between the shots of the same subject, we did that because we wanted our clip to look as good as it should.

There was one type of shot that we used quite a lot in our preliminary task, and that shot was called "over the shoulder shot" or "shot/reverse shot". Myself and my group decided that it would be a good idea to use that specific type of shot because not only did we want the audience to see myself and Scott having a conversation, but we also wanted the audience to be able to see the different emotions on our faces, and the camera was able to do that because when the camera was focusing on myself, the camera was placed over Scotts shoulder so the audience could see and hear me talking to Scott, and when Scott was talking the camera was placed over my my shoulder so the audience was able to see and hear Scott talk to me, and when we was both talking to eachother the camera was put in front of us at a medium shot so the audience was able to see both of us. Also there was a moment in the film where Scott said "try me" and we decided that to make that line stand out from the rest, there would be a close up on his face where he would do a facial expression that told the audience that he was not scared to try anything new.

The image below shows myself and Scott talking and the camera is placed in front of us at a medium shot.