We had to do a preliminary task showing our skills editing and using a camera. To show this we had a character opening a door, walking across a room and starting a back and forth conversation.
The preliminary task showed mistakes we made:
The camera cut off part of the character when doing a tracking shot walking across the room
There is also a lack of a variety of shots, especially in conversation
The actor also stares at the camera breaking the connection with the audience
Do improve these problems we should practice doing tracking shots and take more shots and angles of a specific scene to allow for a more in depth view of the scene and create a better experience for the audience. We also must train whoever is acting to never look into the camera and break the connection between character and audience.
Editing in a film is the process of cutting and assembling film footage to produce a finished product.
Transitions
This is an example of a fade to black transition. It is an example of how a transition mixes into black.
This is a good example of a dissolve transition. The preceding shot merges into the following shot, resulting in the two shots being superimposed. The longer the dissolve the more noticeable the superimposition becomes.
Here there are many examples of wipe transitions. A wipe transition helps to switch the scene quickly.
Eyeline Match
An eyeline match is when the camera cuts to what the character is seeing. It is a common technique to establish continuity.
Match on Action
This example shows a Match on action, in this example we see someone walking towards someone and then in the next shot they are completing the action.
Shot/reverse shot
This shows shot/reverse shot, this is when the camera cuts from one subject to another back and forth to follow a flow of dialogue or interaction.
Montage
A montage shows a rapid succession of shots to convey a rapid succession of time, panic or frenzy. Sometimes used to break continuity.
Crosscutting
Crosscutting is used to show that two or more events are happening simultaneously. This involves cutting back and forth between different locations.
Split screen
A Split Screen is where the frame splits into sections so that the viewer can see different events occurring at the same time.
This is a medium shot as we can see most of the characters but also their facial expressions
This is a long shot, this establishes the scene as the background is prominent over the facial expressions
This is close up and unlike a long shot the background isn't prominent, instead the characters facial expression is the focus
Camera Angle
This shows a low angle which emphasises the importance of the character, also the pyramid is of importance
This is a Dutch angle (canted angle) because the character is intimidating, dangerous and insane
This is a high angle as the body is still on the floor and is powerless, it gives a sense of vulnerability
Focus
Soft Focus
Soft focus makes the foreground prominent and the background is unintelligible. The effect short focus has in this still is that the background is quite plain, the focus is on the character on the forefront
Deep Focus
Deep focus would be used to establish a scene as all can clearly be seen. This is a deep focus image because both the foreground and the background are in focus and are clearly shown, there is no prominence in the still
Set in London, Lawrence a 17 year old boy who is living with his parents is walking back from school when he is approached by a man. He takes Lawrence into his van and drives him to his house. Two crackheads, (Ed and Cam) are on the other side of the road. Ed witnesses the kidnap however he is unable to resemble what he saw. Ed wakes up from a dream of a little boy getting kidnapped Later on that day Ed tells Cam that he thought he saw something, Cam tells him that he was high at the time and that he saw nothing two days after a couple of policeman go to their house after a search commences for Lawrence After the police leave Ed grows increasingly sure that he saw something and recognised one of the faces of the detective Weeks after Ed begins to remember what he saw on that day and he goes to the police station and tells the detective (who visited them earlier) he is beginning to remember. The detective however is the one who kidnapped Lawrence and is beginning to get worried Ed eventually realises that one of the detectives is the kidnapper, but doesn't know what to say or do Ed looks for help in Cam, however Cam refuses to believe him Lawrence's parents seek for help, Ed decides to tell them what he saw The parents go to the detectives and tell them that Ed told them the whereabouts of Lawrence. At this point Lawrence temporarily manages to escape but Jerry re captures him.The detective (the bad one) begins to worry about the situation. The other detective (Caroline) begins to become suspicious because she finds pictures of Lawrence on Jerry's phone. This then leads to Caroline to look for Jerry who for some reason has disappeared Jerry then goes to find Ed and kills him and he then tries to kill Cam who gets chased, but gets away and finds Caroline. Caroline then tracks Jerry down to where Lawrence is kept and has a face off, Jerry loses and Caroline saves Lawrence.
