preliminary exercise

The task-

We were give a preliminary task for media where we had to create a short 30 second video clip. Which involved having one 180 degree shot which was to show that two character were talking, a match on action. Our video was based around two female characters, who were having a conversation about killing someone. 4 lines of dialogue were used in order to create suspense for the audience but also created an enigma. A male character was placed under the table with a hood covering his face until the very last scene, where the hood was removed to show the character with his eyes closed to show the audience that he had been killed.

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Our media production was overall based around creating an enigma which we felt had shown to be successful due to the suspense that was built up through the use of shots. The 180 degree rule was shot correctly which means that the shot made the two females characters in our production look like they were talking opposite rather than next which is what happens when the rule is broken. During our planning we had decided that we would have a range of shots but only use ECL(extreme close-up) when needed for example during the first match on action shot which was to show the door being opened and also the second match on action shot where the hood was being removed to reveal the character. This was done to ensure that we were able to create suspense throughout but to ensure that it the clip remain as enigma but also leave the clip as a cliff hanger as the audience want to know more. Facial expressed were crucial to our production also during the scene before the third character is introduced, the first females character ask “where is he?”   The second female character then replies by the facial expression and movement of the head in the direction of where “he” is. This continues to create suspense become only a little information is being revealed to the audience which is that they now know it is a “he”. Finally a fade was the only effect used in the ending of the last scene which was done to show that one scene has finished and another was about to happen however the video clip then end this then created a cliff hanger which keep audience hooked on and want to know more.

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During the 180 degree rule too much background was revealed which meant audience lost focus from the main characters and started to observe the background. In our real production as a group we would ensure that characters are placed close together so that they fill up more of the frame, one way this could have been done is by taking one of the tables out to reduce the distant between the characters. The lighting conditions of the room were not very good to much light was used which made did not help the suspense of the video clip, this meant that the video clip did not look as professional. Also another thing that we could have added is maybe blood to the scene to help create more suspense for example show drops on the table or on one of the characters face and hands which would help build the suspense. Also a better range of camera shots could have been used such as a tracking shot showing the females character going from the chair under the table which would have helped to create more suspense.