Thursday, 21 November 2013
Short Film- I'm talking 2 U
W were given the task to create a short film as a Preliminary Task. This was our final product.
The Filming of 'It's Good To Talk'
We were given the tasks to conduct an interview about mobiles phones and then create a short film including the interviews and added cutaways.
We conducted our interview in the conventional way. Camera to the left of the interviewer as the interviewee was placed to the left of the screen.
These images demonstrate the conventional way an interview should be filmed.
We then began to film out cutaways. We used many different mobile phones, camera shots and people to ensure our cutaways were interesting and long enough to avoid jumpcuts. for example:
Preliminary Task- Its Good To Talk- Brief and Ideas
Task:
Questions for the Interview:
As a group of three, during a lesson, we decided on the title, props, cutaways and mise-en-scene of our short film.
Title: I'm Talking 2 U!
Props: Mobile Phone
Cutaways: Mid shot/low angle of person recieving a text, establishing or arieal shot of lots of different phones going off at the same time to display the different ring tones, over the shoulder or medium close up of person replying to text, close up on phone reciveing a message, friends talking on the phone
Mise-en-scene: Media room as it relates to technology
- Working in groups, your task is to conduct nd interview about the subject of mobile phones
- Your interview will then be edited into a short film so ths only the answers are used- the audience will not hear any of the questions being asked.
- You will need to think of a title for yor short film
- You will also lay a music bed under the enditied interview.
Questions for the Interview:
- Tell me what life was like before you has the mobile phone
- When did you get your first mobile phone and what did you get?
- Tell me about all the mobile phones you have had
- Tell me about your current mobile phone
- Why did you choose this phone?
- Tell me about the ringtone you have and why you chose it
- What do you use yout mobile phone for?
- How much does your mobile cost each month?
- How often do you send text messages?
- What text 'language' do you use and how did you learn it?
- What's the best thing about having a mobile phone?
- Whats the worst thing about having a mobile phone?
- How important is your mobile phone to you?
- How could you cope without your mobile phone?
As a group of three, during a lesson, we decided on the title, props, cutaways and mise-en-scene of our short film.
Title: I'm Talking 2 U!
Props: Mobile Phone
Cutaways: Mid shot/low angle of person recieving a text, establishing or arieal shot of lots of different phones going off at the same time to display the different ring tones, over the shoulder or medium close up of person replying to text, close up on phone reciveing a message, friends talking on the phone
Mise-en-scene: Media room as it relates to technology
Codes and Conventions of Filming and Editing Interviews
In class, we compared tow interviews to establish the codes and conventions of filming and editing an interview.
The two clips we watched were:
Camerawork
The interviewee are always framed to the left or the right of the screen. This breaks up the documentary and makes it less 'boring'. It also reinforces different sides of an argument e.g. the 'for' side could be positioned on the left and the 'against' positioned on the right.
If the interview is framed to the left of the screen the interviewer should be sat to the right of the camera. This makes it so the interviewee is not talking directly to the audience, which would be unconventional of a interview.
The camera should be steady when the interviewee is giving an answer however the camera is moved to create a different shot whilst the interviewer is asking a question. This again breaks it up and makes it more interesting.
Rule of Third: This is when the interviewee is positioned so their eye line is a third of the way down the screen regardless of the shot type.
Graphics:
The two clips we watched were:
- In The Teeth Of Jaws- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Zj8R0kumw
- Downton Abbey- The Making- Extended Interviews- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVJn5SN-eg4
Camerawork
The interviewee are always framed to the left or the right of the screen. This breaks up the documentary and makes it less 'boring'. It also reinforces different sides of an argument e.g. the 'for' side could be positioned on the left and the 'against' positioned on the right.
If the interview is framed to the left of the screen the interviewer should be sat to the right of the camera. This makes it so the interviewee is not talking directly to the audience, which would be unconventional of a interview.
The camera should be steady when the interviewee is giving an answer however the camera is moved to create a different shot whilst the interviewer is asking a question. This again breaks it up and makes it more interesting.
Rule of Third: This is when the interviewee is positioned so their eye line is a third of the way down the screen regardless of the shot type.
Mise-en-scene
The mise-en-scene reinforces what the interview is about. Is sometimes has images in the background which anchor the person to the topic and keep up the relevance of the topic. For example, the interviewees in The Teeth Of Jaws were all places infront of pictures of sharks.
The interviewee is never placed in front of a window as it creates a sillouete.
Editing
The interviewer is never heard asking the questions to the interviewee. This is cut to ensure that the documentary is kept professional. This time is covered by the use of cutaways.
The interviewer is never heard asking the questions to the interviewee. This is cut to ensure that the documentary is kept professional. This time is covered by the use of cutaways.
They are also used to show archive material if the interviewee starts to discuss something which it is relevant to.
Cutaways are also used to avoid jump cuts and to break up the interview so that the whole programme is not one big interview which would lose audience attention.Graphics:
Text is overlayed onto the interview at the beginning of each new interviewee's interview for a few seconds so that the audience know who the person is and how they relate to the topic. The name of the interviewee is always the biggest text on the screen. The text is also placed in the corner opposite the interviewee.
Sound:
The background music always relates to the topic/era of the interview and/or programme. For example; The Jaws theme song was used in the Jaws interview and period music was playing during the Downton Abbey clip.
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