Preliminary Tasks

Delia, Amy and I worked together to create a short film, the continuity task involved filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. It demonstrates match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Firstly we made a video which involved clips of each of us (only 2 at any one time) wearing masks and talking about how we are getting revenge on someone. Our camera shots and topic of conversation were not planned and didn't work out very well. After changing the effects and editing the clips together we noticed that more thought needs to go into the amount of different camera shots we use to capture the audience's attention. We discovered that the masks caused our voices to be quieter and difficult to understand. We also didn't include people walking in/out when a new character entered and an old one left which causes confusion as the video, along with the dialogue and camera shots then begins to make little sense.

We have now made a new video which is shorter and easier to understand yet still contains the required camera angles in the specification. In this video the topic of conversation is simple and i used 6 different camera shots; one of delia walking towards the door, then a close up of the handle as she opens it and a reverse shot from inside the room she walks into. When she sits down to face amy and they begin their conversation i used a match on action shot before moving onto two over the shoulder shots keeping to the 180 degree rule to make sure the continuity stays the same.

camera angles practice video

I used imovie HD to edit 3 different camera angles together of delia walking down some stairs. i changed the effects of the film by using 'sepia' effect and 'fade in/out' at the beginning/end. i also added music in the background of my video which i adjusted the loudness of where apropriate.

Analysis of introduction to saw 3

The introduction to saw 3 begins with a black background with non-diegetic sounds of people screaming at each other over slow scary music with movement sound effects and dripping taps etc. White writing slowly appears fading in and out and then the camera shot changes to the bloodstained floor where the only light is from a torch which is shining onto a gun - still playing slow music. The gun is an indexical signifier. A man who is lying on the floor rolls into the torch light and tries to grab the gun, he used his shoe to reach it and noticed it wasn't loaded. Up to this point in the introduction the camera shot has been at the same angle but zooms in/out and follows the light of the torch when the man grabs it to stand up. The colours have been dull and dark except the man's light blue t-shirt.