Preliminary Task: Evaluation

I believe we displayed continuity well, this is because we had good camera angles the helped the scene keep its continuity. For example, when the interrogator is walking towards the door, to keep the continuity and to make sure the scene is entertaining, we had the camera zoom towards the door and show the door handle to show what was happening in the scene and to maintain continuity and make sure the audience are focused on the important things within the scene and it helps them get an idea of what is going on within the scene.
















After this we display more continuity by showing a match on action scene. As the interrogator walks through the door, it cuts to an inside shot if the character walking through the door. Because the only current angles we side views of the interrogator, the match on action helps the audience get a better idea of what the interrogator looks like and who they could possibly be. It also shows the characters face and the facial expressions which is good because the audience get a better idea of what the character is like and what importance they are going to have in the future in the movie.

We also used the 180 degree rule because we wanted to show what the scene is going to be like from each characters perspective. This helps contribute to continuity because it shows different angles at a quicker pace which keeps the audience interested and shows them the two characters talking and what type of characters are by their facial expressions and the words they are saying. These different angles help show a variety of skills and show the audience that the movie will be full of interesting and eye catching scenes and angles within those scenes.









As a group we worked together very well because we all knew each other well and we all had the same type of ideas which helped develop them and we all contributed to each others ideas which helped make them better and made the overall film look better and made the filming experience better and more enjoyable.

If we were to film the movie again, i think we should have added a larger amount of different angles and filming techniques. This would have made the film a lot more enjoyable for the audience because they get to look at more angles and it keeps them interested instead of seeing the same angles and techniques over and over again. I think we could have added more locations and potentially some different transitions which helps add to continuity as well because it becomes more entertaining instead of seeing the same cut over and over again. I think we could have had a better script and made it longer and had a more detailed story, not much was shown about any of the characters and the audience would have got a better idea of who the characters were and why they were so important.

I have learnt a lot about technologies whilst making this film. From making this film, i have learned how complicated it really is to make a film and also difficult it really was in order to make the film look good and how to make the camera angles look good and enjoyable for the viewer. I also learnt how difficult it was to operate a camera and how each part of it works and how to make it work whilst setting it up with the tri-pod.

Overall, the filming experience was great but challenging and i had fun coming up with a story with the group and contributing to different elements and helping make things better and developing the ideas from small to big.

Preliminary Task: Post Production

During the filming of our movie, there was some difficulties such as finding the right angles and being able to fit the tripod in the interrogation room because it was a fairly small room and fitting it inside was difficult and on top of that, finding the right angle to film from was increasingly difficult but we overcome it and it ended up being a great filming experience.

The outside filming was a lot more easier because there was much more space to place the camera and find better angles to film from. It was a quicker process when filming outside because we had a stronger idea of how we wanted the shot to look and where we was going to put the camera. Filming inside was more difficult but because we already had ideas from the storyboard, we was able to get on with the filming quicker and the angles came out great.

We worked really well as a team because we all came up with the ideas together and there was no disagreements but we all expanded on the small ideas we had and we put them all together into one and that's how the film came out. We also had ideas whilst we was filming and some of them were implemented and some were not, we all agreed on everything and it all turned out good because we developed each others ideas and decided which role each person was going to have with ease because we already knew which parts we wanted to do.

The picture below shows the camera we used and the tri-pod. As you can see it is fairly big which is why we had more of a problem filming inside the interrogation room. We made the legs of the tri-pod smaller which gave us more space and gave us an easier time of filming.

As the cameraman, i found the filming process great and fairly easy but challenging, picking out the right angles and filming them correctly was difficult but with the help of the rest of the group, it became an easier experience filming the scenes were enjoyable and a great learning experience.

Preliminary Task: Script

Chris | Interrogator
Joe Fisher | Interrogators Assistant
Conor Mulhern | Person being interrogated
Joe French| Cameraman

Script
(Camera rises up from an object in the foreground, be that a tree, bush, etc. interrogator walks in from the left hand side of the scene. [Nothing can be heard apart from the wind blowing.] Interrogator walks to doors, doors open, [footsteps can now be heard, as well as a heartbeat sound] interrogator walks down corridor, the camera cuts to the inside of a bag, [heavy breathing is now heard]. The camera will keep on cutting between the two scenes until the interrogator reaches the door to the room. Interrogator pulls bag off the person’s head as they look around rather frantically)

Interrogator: Alright?
Person being interrogated: Yeah I’m alright

(Interrogator chucks paper on the table, writing can be seen on the paper but cannot be read)

Interrogator: So, who gave you that insane amount of money?
Person being interrogated: The guy who I know who knows a guy
Interrogator: What is that supposed to mean?
Person being interrogated: You tell me.

(Goes silent for about 2 seconds)

Interrogator: You’ll be going away for a long time whatever you say, we know what you did, we just need to know where you got your funding.
Person being interrogated: I got my funding from halfway across the world so I don’t know why you’re standing in here and not out there.

(Loud huff from the interrogator)
(Bag is placed back over the persons head, interrogator walks out of the room)

Preliminary Task: Story Board

To make sure that the film makes sense to the viewer/audience we made sure we planned out the story by drawing a storyboard. This includes the character's actions and the camera angles that we are going to use. We did this because we wanted a rough idea of what we wanted to make and how we wanted to do it.

To begin we have an establishing shot of the interrogator walking outside into a building, this will have a dark setting and the music will come in to set the mood for the entire clip.

Afterwards we have a match on action of the interrogator walking through the door, as he goes to open the door the camera will be outside and as soon as he walks through the camera will cut to it being inside and showing the interrogator walking through the door.

Then we have a dolly shot which will follow the interrogators movement from in front of the man and then after that we have a panning shot of the man walking towards the door which will pan slowly to the left and show him walking into the interrogation room.

Inside the room we have an over the shoulder shot of the criminal with a 'bag' over his head and the interrogator will ask his assistant to remove the bad from the criminals head to reveal his identity.

After the interrogator removes the bag from the criminal's head, they begin to have a conversation with a mid shot of the table and the characters. This scene will have the 180 degree rule and an eye-line match for the rest of the scene/conversation. The conversation will last for a short amount of time before the interrogator will ask his assistant to put the bag over his head to cover up his vision. The interrogator will angrily leave the room and shortly after, his assistant will say his line and then leave the room as well. That is when the movie will finish.

The shot list is going to help us in our work because it gives us a much better idea of what kind of shots to get and also it helps us know what we want to film before we're there instead of getting there and making it up on the spot which is better because it doesn't waste as much time when getting there and it means we can get on with filming straight away rather than spending valuable time thinking of what shots to do on location.

Preliminary Task: Genre

The genre that we have chosen to do is crime. This is because we wanted our genre to be a bit more unique compared to the cliche genres that are being used at the moment. This we feel is a good idea for the location we have chosen because of the lighting and location atmosphere. We want to make the location dark and plain like the genre of crime/thrillers, this means we have to do less work in order to make the it look good.

We've done some research into the genre that we are doing which is crime. We found that corridors and small rooms are good for crime scenes and movies due to small rooms being linked to interrogation rooms that are in police stations or even cells that prisoners stay in. The dark, spooky atmosphere adds the tension to the crime genre because less can be seen and it makes the audience think what might be going on or if a characters face is in the shadow it may draw the audience in because they want to know who that person is or what involvement they have in the movie/subject.

The camera angles we wanted to use also fit the genre because they are not fast paced, they move fairly slowly which adds to the tension that thrillers have and the camera angles are good because we get up close shots of the characters which can show their facial expressions which is good because the audience can figure out which characters are good and which are bad based on the camera angles and the facial expresses.

Name and Candidate Number

Joe French
2205