Camera shots and film analysis

Hard Candy 

In the beginning of the film there is a chat room conversation between a girl and a man, at this stage we don't know whether the girl is young or old but from her name we can assume that she is 14 years old as her name reads "Thonggrrrl14", the male in the conversation seems to be a lot older than the girl he is speaking to as we can also assume this from his name 'Lensman319' the fact that he's name has 3 numbers in it and is in in the 100's suggests that he is of a greater age. 'So we should finally hook up, baby', suggests they have been talking for a while. The little girl is so sure of herself when she says 'NOT a bay, I keep telling you this shows that she is trying to prove herself and reassure him that although she is young she is up to his standards.  

In this shot the conversation continues on and the man gets explicit as he states 'only one I study is you' which suggest hes really into the little girl and has been studying her for a while.

In this shot the girl is cutting into tirumusa this implies that she is indulging and gaining pleasure from the cake. This could imply what she wants to gain from this man 

In this shot the little girl puts the fork in her mouth slowly and shuts her eyes which implies she is gaining pleasure from eating this cake. This is an sexual innuendo showing how she may feel about the man.

In this shot the girl is shot the girl looks up at the man, this is the first time she's seen him, the camera shot show the girl looking up at him which implies he has a higher status/ power than her or he is older then as her is standing up and she is sitting down.

Analysis of opening scene of takers movie

  The film I will be analysing is  the opening of 'Takers' it is an action movie.

In the beginning there is a an establishing shot of the actors this to shows all the characters and lets the audience know who the main actors of the film will be, It is set in a club in what looks like the VIP private part of the club this could mean that they are discussing business/ something important.

They are all dressed in black and white suites which also shows that they are there for an important business meeting or something of this sort.

The character Idris Elba plays is the only person dressed in a white blazer this shows that he infact may be the leader and the head of them all. As being dressed differently usually shows a higher status and power.

There is one character standing up and the rest are sitting down this shows that he is the leader of the conversation and he holds the most power.

They seem to be discussing money and business Paul Walker says "ghost doesn't play when it comes to money". This suggests that there is an antagonist who they are discussing.

There is an over the shoulder medium shot focusing on Micheal Ealy this shows him talking and what is in his hand he is holding a glass of alcohol.

There is a medium shot of Chris Brown which contains him in the scene and a bit of the background behind him there a glasses this again shows that they are in a club/bar. 

Zeo Slander is the only female in the scene there is a long shot of her kissing Micheal Ealy suggesting that she is there for the mens pleasure as there is nothing else she would be there for when they are discussing important business involving money.

 

The clip of the opening scene of the Takers movie below.

 

Treatment

Title
What goes around comes around

Genre

Teen film

Characters
Main character - Chloe
Bully - Ashley

Storyline
My film opening is about a girl who was bullied in secondary school, she was traumatised by this and because of this she then becomes a bully herself when she becomes a little older.

Preliminary task

The purpose of this preliminary task is to give us experience with using the cameras and filming in general. The preliminary task has to include:

A character opening a door with their hand being filmed on the door-(match on action), crossing a room, and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he/she then exchanges various lines of dialogue.

Match-on-action shot: A shot that immediately follows another shot to explain the first of the two shots, eg. a shot of a woman opening a door, with another shot of the woman coming through the door from the other side of it. 

Shot-reverse-shot: Mostly appears during dialogue. For example, a person is being filmed talking to someone, then the receiver is filmed talking to the initial speaker with a final shot of the initial speaker in the course of the dialogue. 

180-degree rule: The rule that the camera must not exceed beyond the 180-degree boundary, because if the camera did this, it would confuse the viewer as the characters would change position. However, the camera can exceed the 180-degree boundary only if it is shown by the camera.

Script

A script is a written direction of the play it is a guide to how the play/film is meant to be set out and acted out, it helps actors/directors/producers to know exactly what is going on in every scene in detail. Before I set out to film the script was a vital part of how the film will be acted out and the different shot and camera angles that would be used in the short film clip we then needed to make a story board based on the script and this took time to do as we needed to think of the specific shots we would use and how to execute them properly we also thought about and took into account how we would be able to film these shots in real life so had to make the shots realistic and achievable.

Below I have annotated an example of how a script should look and whats meant to be included in a script. 

Below is my script

INT. CHLOE'S ROOM. NIGHT. 

ASHLEY looks in the mirror at herself whilst thinking of all the horrible things people said about her. 

 

EXT. OUTSIDE CHLOE’S HOUSE. AFTERNOON.

 

CHLOE’S walking home crying as Ashley follows behind her shouting things at her.

ASHLEY

Oi you.

 

EXT. OUTSIDE CHLOE’S HOUSE. AFTERNOON.

CHLOE turns around quickly to see who is shouting. 

ASHLEY

Ye you.
 

 

EXT. OUTSIDE CHLOE’S HOUSE. AFTERNOON.

 

CHLOE turns around again she is now scared and worried.

 

Where you going bitch.

 

 

 

EXT. OUTSIDE CHLOE’S HOUSE. AFTERNOON.

 

ASHLEY goes to grab CHLOE’S hair, she pulls her hair forward over railing as she stands over her.

 ASHLEY

Your such an ugly tramp.

What is a Recce?

A recce is pictures that is taken before the actual movie 
 It is a pre-filming visit to a location to work out its suitability for shooting, including access to necessary facilities and assessment of any potential lighting or sound issues.
The term 'recce' is also used in radio and television production. A recce is used to confirm whether the location the film is set in is good enough to use and has good qualities to make the movie good.

Below is my recce

 

Equipment

For filming I used both the Nikon Digital SLR D5100 and Nikon Digital SLR D3100 this made the quality of my filming easier and of high quality, I also used a tripod to hold the camera in a still sturdy position and to achieve different height when filming.

For editing I used Final cut Pro, Final cut pro was used to edit my sequence by adding effects, transitions and edits, which contributed to making my sequence run smoothly.

Similar Text

A similar movie to mine is a movie called 'Teenage dirt bag' the movie is about a popular young girl who gets harassed by a delinquent boy and they connect through written words.

The movie is similar to mine because it deals with teenage problems and issues teenagers face at this stage of their life. There are similar shots in this movie to the ones in mine below are the pictures.

This picture shows the main character writing in a book. there is a long shot of her writing and she looks to be thinking carefully about what she is writing.

The character from also looks down/upset as this is portrayed in her facial expression. This is similar to a shot in my film opening,

the main character in my film ipening is upset and down in the shot of her coming out of the lift.

I love the the movie teenage dirt bag because it is where I got some of my inspiration for my storyline, shots and overall filming. I began researching  teen films and I came across teenage dirt bag I looked at the cast, the wardrobe, the shots they use, where its set and took all thes things into consideration when creating my film opening, One of the main things I liked about the movie was the storyline which I took alot of inspiration from, their storyline was based on a young girl and I i took this into account when writing mine as my main character is a young girl. I also liked the fact that it was about teenage problems and deals with teenage pregnancy, but I wasn't going to take the idea of teenage pregnacy but I used this to come up with a different teenage problem which was teenage bullying .

Audience

• The audience for my film is 12 - 25 year olds mainly girls but including boys this is mainly because the film deals with teenage issues.
• The audience also would be of any race because my film opening doesn't just talk about issues from a certain culture and race.
• The audience would be of mainly working class or school/college/university age.

180 degree rule

The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline in film making that deals with the on screen positioning of the characters and on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character will always be frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first. If the camera passes over the axis, it is called jumping the line or crossing the line.

This pictures explains the 180 degree rule in a visual form the camera has to remain on the one side in order for it not to break the 180 degree rule. If the rule is broken this could confuse the audience as the characters may look as if they have switched sides when they have not.

Although the 180 degree rule often seems not to be broken because it may not be executed well a film that uses the 180 rule well is Batman the dark night. The interrogation scene between batman and the joker.

In the first picture the joker is talking so the camera is looking at him from the left side of batman's shoulder so the joker is clearly positioned on the right side of the screen and batman the left. In the beginning of  this scene batman is has the upper hand is seems to own most of the power.

 

In the next shot the camera looks at batman through the jokers left shoulder, when he is meant to be looked at from the jokers right shoulder, which would mean the camera is still on the right side of the 180 degree rule but instead because he is been looked at from the jokers left shoulder this indicates that the 180 degree rule has been broken and there has been a change in who has the most power, the 180 degree rule has been broken because the joker has given batman un expected news which has a hold over batman. Usually the 180 degree rule would be seen a wrong but because of the shocking power switch in this scene the audience now knows that it is the joker that now has the power.

Here is the actual clip to view the 180 degree rule being broken.

 

A film that does not break the 180 degree rule would be Wedding Crashers

 

The first shot is of the man talking to his wife who he wants to divorce they are arguing about their relationship, He is on the left hand side of the camera whilst the converstionis going on.

 

The next shot is of the women replying, she is arguing with the same amount of force that he uses and they both hold the same amount of power, there is no power strugle althought they are both angry and forceful with their word. She remains on the right hand side of the camera and screen.

 

The next shot shows the mediators they are a part of the argument, they are there to adjudicate their relationship and try to solve their problems, this shot breaks up the conversation and although this happens the 18 degree rule is not broken because the cameras then flicks back the the man. 

 

This shot shows the man talking again, although the camera flicked away in between the conversation between him and hes wife the 180 degree rule is not broken because he still remains on the left side of the camera and screen.

Below is the clip of the 180 degree rule not being broken 

Initial Ideas

My initial idea involved 3 main characters and was of the teen film and fantasy genre, It involved A women who was 33 years old and would some how turn in to a younger version of her self this took the same route as movies like, 17 again, 13 going on 30 and Freaky Friday. The only reason for me not being able to follow through this idea was that I would have not had enough time to edit the footage to a good enough standard I also did not want to over complicate what I needed to edit as it would be the result of a poor quality final product. I did in fact film footage for this idea but because of what I stated did not follow through with the idea like I said.

My Intial ideas prezi - click this link 

Introduction

My name is Fareedah Quadri and I am 16 years old , and I go to Haringey Sixth Form and I study AS Media, AS Psychology and AS Art/Fashion. One of my hobbies are Art and Fashion based, I love painting large portraits of people and drawing people in pencil. My favourite movie has to be takers because I love all the main characters in the movie and as I love action movies that was the perfect combination for me. We have been asked to create a 2 minute long original fiction film opening and titles of any genre of our choice.