Planning Preliminary Task

On the 18th of January we started planning ideas for out prliminary task. Will was absent from our group so me and Frankie started drafting ideas. The ideas we came up with ranged throughout genres, icluding thriller, rom-com and comedy. We eventually came up with an idea which we then drafter on a storyboard, making notes thourhgout on camera angles, sound and dialouge.

The setting would be in a coffee shop where it seems like a normal day.

An establishing

shot ofr the coffee shop

would open the sequence, then a man (Will) would walk on to the camera and put his hand out to open the door. The camera would then zooe in onto Will's hand, making it an extreme close up of Will opening the door to the coffee shop. The camera would then do a straight cut to a mid shot of a woman (Frankie) at the tillsw, buying herself a coffee, strugling to carry all the things that she has in her hands. The camera then pans to see the woman walking swiftly towards the exit as if she is in a hurry. As she's waloking towards the camera it is a long shot. Then a cut back to Will who just entered the coffee shop. A quick cut is then used to a side shot of both Franki

e and Will you see them both bump into each other

resulting in Frankie spilling her coffee on herself. The shot then cuts to a close up of Frankie's face when she realises that her top is ruined. She looks up at Will, wh

ere he then uses the first peice of dialouge. As he speaks it is an over the shoulder shot, over Frakies shoulder on Wills face, then alternates as she replies. All in a mid shot. After a breif conversation she barges past hime, like she really h

as to be somewhere, and she walks out the door. Frankie is in a long shot, however Will is close to the camera so you can see his reaction as she walks out the door.
Dialogue:

W: Hey

F: Hi

W: I'm so sorry, will you let me buy you another?

F: Just move!
The sound throughout the back of the clip starts with normal digetic sound, of background people in the coffee shop. When Will and Frankie bump into eachother typical romance music comes on as they both look up at into each others eyes making the audience believe it will be the typical film where they fall in love. Howeber when she says 'Just move!' the music cuts out, sounding like a needle down a record played, to show the shock from Will as she was rude to him. The followed by the background noise coming from people in the coffee shop as she walks aw

ay.

Day 1 filming

On the first day of filming we made sure that we had all the appropriate props, such as a coffee cup whcih Frankie would use to spill on herse

lf. We used to lower site cafeteria in school as it has a til which looks similar to one which people would find in a coffee shop. We filmed the beginning of the sequence which included the establishing shot of the coffee shop, will grabbing the door handle, and him walking into the coffee shop. When trying to view the shots we had just taken they wouldn't play. After experimenting with the camera and re-recording shots after changing the settings on the camera we were still unsuccessful. Therefore we went back to the classroom to find hyelp from the technical team. He advised us to use a different camera, however time was pressing short and w

e wouldn't have had time to record the whole sequence, with the help of other groups for the background people in the coffee shop. Therefore our group decided we would start again at the beginning of next lesson, and check the camera to mak

e sure it works properly.

Day 2 filming

On the second day we realised that there were similiar story lines which we could follow which would be easier to film than our first peice, which would require less props, extras and less editing. Therefore we came up with out second story board which had a similar story line however different setting.

The first clip will be of Will, who will be walking towards the camera, down the corridor. It will be a full body shot until he eventually gets to close then the camera will pan round and follow him as he gets closer to the door. When he gets close to the door the camera angle will cut to the other side of the door where you can only see Will through the glass in the door. This will be followed by another cut which will be an extreme close up of Wills hand pushing the door to open it. There will then be a long shot of Wills whole body coming through the door. There will then be a cut to Frankie who will be deep in concentration at her phone whilst walking towards the door. At the last second before Frankie notices she is going to bump into Will she looks up and notices that there is going to be a collision. There will be a close up of Frankie’s shocked face. The shot will then be from the side getting both of their bodies in full perspective to see them bump into each other. These shots will be quick and will jump cut very fast to show how fast they were going when they bumper into each other. There is then a slow motion shot of all of Frankie’s books and work falling to the floor by their feet. They both pause then both rush down to try and pick up the folders, this is at a low angle and is a mid shot but you can see their whole bodies and Frankie’s work on the floor. There is then a side, long shot of both of them looking closely at eachother, making eye contact as if they are both bedazzled by each other. Will then starts the dialogue, it is a mid shot of Will allowing the audience to see his emotions and facial expressions.

‘Hey’

Will says it in a slightly surprised tone.

Frankie then replies, within the same shot, a mid shot, however holding her folders.

‘Hi’

She replies with a sarcastic tone The shot then cuts back to Will where he is apoligising. With a slight stutter as he is embarrassed he walked into her.

‘I, I’m really sorry’

Frankie’s reply then shocks Will, as he expects her to be understanding however she comes across rude.

‘You gonna’ move then,

Frankie then barges past Will and opens the door, you can see the back of Frankie over Wills shoulder, allowing the audience to see Wills expression as she is walking away from him. Will then carries on walking the way he was going in the first place, and the door closes behind him, you can see Frankie walking out through the crack of the door then through the glass. It slowly fades out.

Day 1 editing

After completing all the filming which we needed for this task. We then uploaded our clips onto Adobe, where we then began editing. As a group we all contributed ideas of things we could edit in to improve our task. We also overcome hurdles together as non of us were very familiar with the program. Eventually after experimenting with different ideas and figuring out the program we completed our preliminary task.

The Final Product

Overview

Overall I believe our group worked very well as a team. Even though Will wasn’t present on the first day of planning, everyone made lots of contribution towards our video and the thoughts and ideas behind it. I think our preliminary task does shows many different camera positions, angles and movements. Including, low angle, over the shoulder, panning, extreme close up and long shots. If our group had more time I think background sound or music would improve our piece. I think the idea about sound in our first storyboard would have still fit with this sequence. Therefore if we could improve I would suggest adding music.