perliminary task

                          The Interrogation

As a task we had to create a preliminary video, there was a couple of things that we had to include such as the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot reverse shot ,also a clip showing someone walking through a door with a conversation somewhere in-between. the people i worked with was David, however we needed at least three people and because there was only two of us we had to find someone who was able to film with us. This person was Olivia, we asked her because she was also in another media class so would understand the terminology and importance of getting the right camera angle ,which was helpful and meant we could save time.

Its important that we used the 180 degree rule correctly when filming. this rule is when all camera work has been filmed on the same side throughout , either keeping to the left or right side.This is so that the audience don't become confused or disorientated when watching, also keeping to the rule will also help to ensure that the actors are in the frame correctly with matching eye level and are facing the person they are talking to instead of talking to someone supposedly talking to the window when the person they are responding to is sitting in front of them, them, this is the illusion the 180 degree rule can portray is it isn't correctly done. Shot reverse shot is an editing technique that happened after filming, its used during a conversation when the camera shot flicks between each other in order of the contestation response.this type of edit is used to show the the facial expressions of someone and to show that the other one is engaging in the conversation. Match on action it a variety of different shots put together to show one action continuously ,this kind of technique allows the audience to stay interested in at simple action.

This prelim video was a good starting point to relies how long it can take to film a sew seconds of an opening video, and that the editing stage isn't as easy as it looks. The iMovie software on the macs was what me and David used to edit this video task, it was extremely fiddly cutting the clips and using different fading and cutting techniques to create a piece that flowed nicely together. When filing in different rooms we also had to insure that the lighting was ruffly the same otherwise it wouldn't look very realistic ,also if the scene was too dark it would be difficult for the audience to see what the actor is saying or the facial expression they show. Therefore we used natural lighting and made sure there was enough so that the audience cow clearly identify where the actor were.

We decided to do a tracking from behind editing technique because it created tension and the idea of mystery when David was walking slowly up the stairs, we wanted to insinuate to the audience that he  was nervous and was trying to avoid the interrogation. This tracking technique worked well and the quite but heard footsteps was evident and created a tense and acculturating suspense.

The final outcome of the match on action shot work fluently when the clip was put together in editing stage. We didn't use a tripod when filming this section, we had the option to film with a tripod but due to the little corridor space we chose not to, however i think overall we kept the camera steady when filming and it didn't look to jolty. Therefore when we film our thriller opening clips we need to make sure that we don't film in small cramped spaces because this won't allow us to have enough room to set up the tripod and film with a good distance from the camera.  This was a good place to film film out match on action because the natural lighting was easily distributed throughout the windows, also due to the glass windows it implied office meeting rooms or some kind of conference which linked to the impression we wanted to give. 

This was our over the shoulder shot reverse shot camera angle it was used to show a conversation between the different characters. This type of camera shot was to create a divide between the characters and show there different importance within the interrogation. However some improvements for this part of the clip would be to work on the framing, when filming a shot reverse shot the person speaking has to be eye level and centre of the camera framing.This is somethin that in the future we need to take into account because there is a lot of unnecessary foreground that distracts the viewer from focusing in on the character speaking. Also anything that could have been changed in this scene would be the volume of the dialogue, to improve this we could have positioned the camera closer to the person speaking, however this would have been difficult because we still wanted to capture an over the shoulder shot. But this is defiantly something me and David need to consider when filming the thriller opening. Anther way the volume of the dialog could have been louder is to increase the speak capacity when in the editing stage, using iMovie.

During this interrogation conversation we had to stick with the 180 degree rule, this was so the audience didn't get confused about the positioning of the filming scene. We chose to stick to davids left and olives right side of the room because we felt that this would fit into our filming best.

This is the last frame to our prelim video, we came up with the idea to do a close up of David who was being interrogated opening the door. The reaching for the handle and letting the door slowly close behind him once David left, implied to the audience that the interrogation had finished .It only then seemed right to add the film credits then instead because when analysing movies with the film credits coming up at the end they usually have an image still taking place in the foreground of the frame.  When in the editing stage me a David decided to made the edits ride up the screen. Credits are added at the end of any film clip because it is to show who was involved in the film production and editing.