Draft for preliminary task

For our preliminary task we have decided that we want to use a mid shot of the character. The reason for this is to show facial expressions but also body language.
We also decided to use a bird's eye shot. The effect of a bird's-eye view is to make the subject appear smaller and, by association, weaker or more subdued. We want to use this shot because we want to make the protagonist look weak and vulnerable. We also want to use an extreme close up of the character because we want the audience to feel intimate with the character.

Shot compositions

 

                                                  Leading lines.

                                           

Natural frame

                                                                  Simple shot

Background

Simple blurry shot. The background used in this shot doesn't show any kind of disturbances, which is yet another way of directing the view of others on the intended subject.

Rule of thirds

This image is an example of balance, with a range of colours and patterns on each side of the Mona Lisa. It is a balance because the Mona Lisa is black-and-white, surrounded by a wide variety of colours.

Merlin essay

The reason I wrote about this is because it will help me with our main task. we analysed camera movements and camera shots and angles used in this extract which means it would help me have a better idea of what they are when it is time to edit the main task. In the princess scene, there is a part when she is walking in the hallway. Here a panning zoom and a long shot are used to signify what is she is wearing and how she is walking with calmness. This highlights the power and status. The fact that we are shown what she is wearing already tells us that she is a powerful and poised princess and it also shows that she is important and she belongs in that castle and then the camera gets shifted on to Merlin. A mid-shot of his clothes already tells us what category he's in (the poor category).A quick close up and a zoom of his face are used to make him look like an intruder who shouldn't be in the room he's in. a zoom and close up is used to show a doll and book that Merlin is holding. the fact that they highlight these two things shows their importance and that he shouldn't be touching them and it also highlights that these things don't belong to him because of the way he's holding them. it's so stereotypical showing the poor person Merlin looking like an intruder. this shows us that the castle is not where he is meant to be. when Merlin walks out of the castle to go to the market, a high Angle boom shot is used to show he's vulnerable and not important. A pan shot is used to show the surroundings and people in the market and the fact that there are people walking in front of him tells us he's a commoner and this is his scene, he belongs here. the pan shot also shows him looking so comfortable in the market. in the fight scene, we are looking forward to see lots of camera angles showing power and status because there is a prince involved in that scene. but camera plays with our minds a bit because when you watch the scene you see that both of them are on eye level and no one has more power than the other. although we see the prince and Merlin on the same level every time, there is a in the fight scene where a low angle shot is used on prince Arthur where we finally see status and power. this low angle shot is used to show who has more power than the other but we are shown this for just a millisecond, there is also a bit of status and power shown when we see Arthur talking to Merlin before the fight we are shown that has these two buddies who are there to support him whereas Merlin has no one. this shows a scene of hierarchy and inequality because obviously Arthur has more power than Merlin, he also has an advantage with the status and power because he's a prince whereas Merlin is not. and then as the scene goes on they are back to being equal.

Sebastian's voodoo(powerpoint)

The effect of this mid shot is that it helps the viewer to follow the eye direction of the doll.     It also helps the character to see the emotion of the character. It also shows the body language of the doll. It's making it's hands do a sort of a shape that shows the fact that he feels strong. But at the same time it also looks likes he's putting his hands on the hips to make it look like he's asking himself "what can I do".

  This is a long shot and it's effect is to help the viewer know more about the surroundings and it helps show the viewers where the movie is taking place. The image shows a sort of rusty place which indicates that he is poor. It also shows the dolls in a line looking confused. The image shows Sebastian looking raggedy, bony and evil because he is about to stick a pin in the doll. this indicates to the audience that this is a bad person and that they should be scared.

This is a high angle shot. A high angle shot can have a reverse effect of a low shot. The character photographed by a camera above the characters eye level will appear small, weak or vulnerable. This makes the viewer feel sympathy or pity for the character. In this shot it shows Sebastian's dirty and bony fingers sticking a pin in the doll. The high angle is making the doll seem powerless. it also makes the audience feel like they are the one sticking the pins in the doll.

This is a an eye level shot.  eye level shots are the most common camera angle, both in still photographs and in movies. The photographer positions the camera at the level of the subject or at the average human eye level. This angle calls less attention to the camera's presence and may make the viewer feel like she is in the same space as the subject, confronting it directly. In this shot it shows the voodoo doll and it's friend looking at each other. this makes the viewer feel like he/she is the voodoo doll looking at the friend and trying to work out what to do.

                     

                   

This is an extreme close up. it gives the audience a detailed view of the most important or action within a scene. Extreme close ups also help to build the viewer's interest in the film. The extreme close up is used to move the scene. It eliminates non-essentials or isolates a significant incident. In this shot the character is about to stick  pin in it's chest, it makes the viewer feel like the pin is being stuck in him and not the doll.

               

             

Camera movements lay it on me by kelly rowland

The reason I wrote about this is to show the camera movements that we can use in our preliminary task and our main task.

 These shots are to help to me with camera movements in editing.

This is boom movement, in this shot it is used to make Kelly look powerless and look a bit like a sex symbol. It is useful for showing the audience an overview of your scene or shooting area.

Pan shot- A movement which scans a scene horizontally. it is also used to follow characters in motion. in this shot it helps the audience look like they are the ones scanning the scene.









This is a dolly shot, it is used to make the viewer sway and move around with the characters in the video.

In this scene a pan shot is used to show a guy holding wine/champagne and he's taking it to Kelly, the more he keeps walking toward her the more we get to see more characters in the shot.