1. Technique or
technical
practice
Progression from pt to mt Unpacking the
technique/ technology
Representation Link to Macro Bigger picture
Camera
Movement
My preliminary task was a
continuity task, with no need
for any other movements
and at that point I had no
real understanding of
movement, until I completed
and evaluated a comparative
camera operation task.
Unpacking the technique to
camera movement meant I
had to understand the lead
room, nose room, head
room, anticipatory framing
and fluid motion.
I completed an exercise to
take into consideration the
above factors and repeated
the same exercise four
times. After evaluating each
attempt, it was evident that
I have improved, by taking
into account the rule of
thirds and I had a better
fluid motion with the
camera.
Hand held camera movements
gave an on edge feel and
realism to the characters
actions.
Slow tripod mounted camera
movements given to the long
shots of the protagonist
walking, conveyed his
loneliness, isolation and fear
of being discovered.
The hand held movements portray
to the viewer that Mark feels
uncomfortable in his own skin.
Furthermore, the slow tripod shots
illustrate his loneliness and
concealed secret to his sexual
identity.
Composition of
Shots
In the preliminary task the
composition and aesthetics
were not thought of, as I
hadn’t learnt about it and
this was not important for
the task. Camera
composition exercise and
my self evaluation allowed
me to establish various
composition elements :
Use of frame
Foreground/mid
Unpacking the technique to
have an eye for the artistic
traits such as form, shape,
colour and dynamic
diagonals.
The composition of my shots
are carefully positioned to
highlight aspects on the mise-
en- scene, moreover some
artistic aspects are shown in
the shots such as dynamic
diagonals, shape and colour
Through the composition of my
different shots the viewers will be
able to establish the genre of the
film, because of the use of simple
and existing surroundings.
2. ground/background and
depth
Point of view shot
Positive and negative space
Line and shape
Lighting and contrast
Mood and tone
Colour
Proxemics
Camera Shots
and Angles
For the preliminary task I
only used long, mid and
close shots, because of an
unlimited understanding. A
lesson covering shot sizes
and angles allowed me to
comprehend all the different
types, I could consider for
my main task. I tried to get a
combination of selective
shots and angles into my
main task.
Through learning about
more technical shot sizes
and angles I was able to
convey them into my film
intro. The representation of
the different shots, along
with their angles will allow
an audience to decode not
only the narrative, but the
hidden message behind
each shot.
The representation of the
extreme close ups convey the
importance of my protagonists
issues and how they are
affecting him.
The extreme close up shots only
show a particular thing, detaching
the full picture, but allow a glimpse
into the window of Mark’s anguish
and how he actually feels.
White balance The preliminary task
contained no white balance
technique. This technique is
a colour balance on a digital
camera, which manipulates
the overall colour
temperature.
For my main task I
effectively used this feature
To establish how to create
the right white balance, I
undertook an exercise that
allowed me to evaluate the
differences between
automatic, tungsten,
daylight and custom white
balancing from both the
interior and exterior
factors.
To represent my protagonist
with the correct white balance,
I chose to implement a
custom white balance for the
interior shots and a daylight
white balance for the exterior
shots.
The white balance options allowed
a realism impact to the final
cinematic product. If I had chosen
different settings then the overall
impact would have seemed quite
artificial.
3. to create realistic shots.
Storyboards The storyboard for my
preliminary task was basic
with just shot and action
details. However, my main
task final storyboard was
much more detailed, with
not only shot size and action,
but with composition,
sound, lighting and title
placements. Also I was able
to capitalise on feedback
from my media tutor.
Secondary research gave
me insight to opening title
credits and their specific
order in social realism and
mainstream films.
Studying the flow of opening
titles, allowed me to establish
various positions and why
they were initially placed
there in films from the
professional domain.
Representation of the shot
size, composition with lighting
and sound conveys the mood
and atmosphere of the
individual shot.
The mood, atmosphere of the
planned shot will establish not
only a portrayed issue or theme,
but it will allow an audience to
connect to the wider picture of the
genre being depicted.
Scripts There was no real thought
that went into my
preliminary script. It just
basically consisted of
camera shot and audio
detail, with no real
terminology to support the
idealism of the task.
However, my final script to
support my product was far
superior to my preliminary
task script in the fact it
contained a lot more detail
Main task scripts, took into
consideration time element
breakdown for each shot.
The props required,
costume design, action and
direction for the actors.
Audio references to non-
diegetic and diegetic sound
and actor dialect.
Representation, allowed for
genre establishment to include
the theme and issues being
experienced by the
protagonist.
Story establishment through the
narrative of the script.
Editing Process
Itemisation
planning
