Preliminary Task Diary

For our preliminary task we had to create a short clip showing different camera types and camera shots with small dialogue. The different camera shots and types we explored were low angle shots, high angle shots, extreme close ups, shot reverse shot, match on action and the 180 degree rule. In our preliminary task we would have Shanie approaching the camera walking down the corridor, the camera shot would then change to Shanie looking nervous and unsure about going into the room. We had Shanie exhale as we thought it would then portray her nerves and anxiety about the situation. The camera shot will then change to her hand opening the door, this would then change once again back to inside the room and watching Shanie enter the room and sit down. We then would do an extreme close up of Shanie playing with her hands which is a well known tell tale sign of nervousness. After this small clip we then would have James sat at the table holding onto papers opposite Shanie so we're behind James's shoulder, capturing the match on action shot. The selected dialogue we chose was a simple sentence 'I confess...I killed him', this simple sentence would then set the scene for the audience as she was confessing a murder and James was a police officer. After Shanie confesses James will then silently get up and walk out of the room taking his paperwork with him. The shot would then cut to Shanie putting her head in her hands looking defeated.