Thursday, 23 September 2010

Preliminary Task

Background information/ Idea

The preliminary task is a short piece of film to get to grips with differant camera angles and shots, this helps us with the understanding of media and to progress what we have already learnt.

The scene is set in an office where a boss (Mrs Smith)  is typing on her laptop on her desk , she is interrupted by a knock at her door and it is her secretary. The secretary enters and she has some papers for her boss to sign. The boss signs them, however she doesn't know that she has just been conned by her secretary.

Dialogue
Mrs smith: (knock at the door) come in
Secretary: Hi (smiles broadly) can you sign this please
Mrs Smith: Yes of course (smiles brightly)
Secretary : You know you really should read that before you sign it
Mrs Smith: oh I trust you completly,I dont worry about that
Secretary: oh, i'll just leave you to it - (as the secretary leaves ;she closes door and smirks)

Camera angles
Shot reverse shot
180° rule
At the end a close up of the secretary's face when she smirks

Costume
Smart clothing - grey pencil skirt,grey cardigan and grey shoes (secretary)

Props-
Laptop
Desk
Pen
Paper
Jug of water in the middle of the table

Lighting-
bright - normal -everyday lighting

My role in this piece is to film the shots.
Alicia is the secretary and Serena is the boss.
Alicia came up with the main idea for the plot and Serena and I assisted with the dialogue; and we all discussed the types of shots and where we want to place them in our short piece.

2 comments:

  1. To develop this, explain why you came up with the idea for setting the piece in an 'office'. Was this because of the limits of the venue? Again, when talking about the costume and props I know it fits with an office setting but you need to explain this and could refer to stereotyping here. You also need to explain how she has been duped by her secretary - give a bit more background info. about the plot and where this would fit in.

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  2. To develop this you should explain a bit more about the story line and where this would fit into it. You have chosen an 'office' setting but was this because of limits of the venue? The costume and props are appropriate but you need to show your understanding of this by explaining them and possibly referring to stereotyping. Finally, check your spellings!

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