In the editing process, my group shared the roles. I uploaded the footage off of the camera and imported it into iMovie. I started off the editing process and cut some footage into the project and started to include transitions and effects.
We kept to the brief as we filmed a short film where two characters had a conversation. We had a character walk through a door, sit down with another character and have a short conversation. This kept to the brief. We had a shot-revers-shot when the doctor and wife were having a short conversation on his condition. We kept by the 180degree rule by only filming on one side of the characters. We made sure the doctor was on the left and wife on the right. This kept to the 180degree rule. The match-on-action was filmed when the doctor turned the door handle, the shot went onto the wife and the doctor appeared in the room. This is match-on-action as we didn't see him enter but we know he did.
Monday, 8 November 2010
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Prelim Post Filming Analysis
We chose our location to film in to fit in with the scene. As we were in a hospital waiting room, we couldn't use a classroom with lots of learning posters, etc. We also used a meeting room as we could use the chairs and windows to look like a waiting room. The glass window and chairs made it seem like you were inside the room and people were going by outside doing their own jobs.
We filmed the 180degree rule by only staying on one side of the characters. We made sure that the doctor was always on the left and the patients woman on the right. This ensured the camera was always in the right 180 semi-circle. The match-on-action footage was filmed when the doctor opened the handle of the door and we saw this in the shot, then it went onto the woman, and when the camera returned to the doctor, he was standing in the room. This is match-on-action as we can not see the doctor enter, but we assume he has as we saw the door open and he is now in the room.
We changed our initial idea by including little details, i.e. props. We borrowed a lab coat for the doctor so it makes him look more realistic and believable to the audience. We also adjusted the room (moved tables and chairs about). This helped to, again, make the scene more believable as the chairs looked like they were set up in a waiting room. We wrote the doctors names and occupations on the white board to seem like the real hospital. We also changed the people who played the roles. We changed the female nurse for a male doctor so that we could include different sexes and show things differently.
We filmed the 180degree rule by only staying on one side of the characters. We made sure that the doctor was always on the left and the patients woman on the right. This ensured the camera was always in the right 180 semi-circle. The match-on-action footage was filmed when the doctor opened the handle of the door and we saw this in the shot, then it went onto the woman, and when the camera returned to the doctor, he was standing in the room. This is match-on-action as we can not see the doctor enter, but we assume he has as we saw the door open and he is now in the room.
We changed our initial idea by including little details, i.e. props. We borrowed a lab coat for the doctor so it makes him look more realistic and believable to the audience. We also adjusted the room (moved tables and chairs about). This helped to, again, make the scene more believable as the chairs looked like they were set up in a waiting room. We wrote the doctors names and occupations on the white board to seem like the real hospital. We also changed the people who played the roles. We changed the female nurse for a male doctor so that we could include different sexes and show things differently.
Prelim Script
(Direct address shot of woman sitting in a waiting room of hospital – waiting for news on husbands operation)
(Woman’s fidgeting badly, she paces up and down the room, then sits down and she is tapping her feet on the floor and fidgeting with her hands) (nurse enters and woman jumps up out of her seat)
(Close up on her feet- then close up on the door handle- woman jumps up- log shot back at the nurse standing there)
Woman: (shot-reverse-shot) What is it? What has happened? Is he going to be okay?
Nurse: Would you like to take a seat..?
Woman: Can you just tell me if he’s okay?
Nurse: (Zoom out to long shot when they sit down) He pulled through the operation-
Woman: (Buts in) (Close up on womans face) Ah thank god! I’ve been so worried, I-
Nurse: (Butts in) But… Although we’ve got rid of the tumour, he’s lungs aren’t strong enough to keep him alive, the life support machine is what is keeping him alive.
Woman: (Mid shot looking at both characters)(Stutters) Just tell me how long he’s got left?
Nurse: (Moves in closer and holds her hand) I cant guarantee it, but from past experiences, 2weeks, tops… But if you give us your permission we would turn the life support off to put him out of the pain he is in, it’s up to you…
(Close up on womans face as she quivers, then as she cries her head drops)
Target 2 - November 2010
To use more key terms in my writing and link the different areas into audience impact.
Monday, 1 November 2010
Prelim Task - 01/11/10
For the preliminary task, I have to film a 30second short film. In this film a character has to walk in through a door to find another character in the scene. The two characters have to take a seat and have a conversation.
There are two rules which we have to follow; Match-on-action and 180 degree rule.
Match-on-action: With this rule you have to use continued editing, which embeds cuts in the middle of the action. This helps to hide the cuts. An example would be if someone hears a door handle move, looks at it and then in the next shot another person is in the scene. The audience automatically assumes the person walked through the door although we didn't actually see it.
180 Degree: In this rule, the camera has to be fixed on an imaginary axis. The camera can move anywhere on one side of this axis and only within the half circle which is formed from this axis. For example, if two people are having a conversation and the camera is looking at the side of them, (man on left, woman on right), the camera can only shoot footage where the man is on the left.
My footage idea is the a woman is in a hospital waiting room waiting for news on her husbands operation. The nurse comes out and starts to tell the woman the man has survived, but he is on life support and only has two weeks left to live. The woman is left in an awkward position of deciding whether or not to turn the life support off...
There are two rules which we have to follow; Match-on-action and 180 degree rule.
Match-on-action: With this rule you have to use continued editing, which embeds cuts in the middle of the action. This helps to hide the cuts. An example would be if someone hears a door handle move, looks at it and then in the next shot another person is in the scene. The audience automatically assumes the person walked through the door although we didn't actually see it.
180 Degree: In this rule, the camera has to be fixed on an imaginary axis. The camera can move anywhere on one side of this axis and only within the half circle which is formed from this axis. For example, if two people are having a conversation and the camera is looking at the side of them, (man on left, woman on right), the camera can only shoot footage where the man is on the left.
My footage idea is the a woman is in a hospital waiting room waiting for news on her husbands operation. The nurse comes out and starts to tell the woman the man has survived, but he is on life support and only has two weeks left to live. The woman is left in an awkward position of deciding whether or not to turn the life support off...
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