Updated Shot by Shot

Girl 1 - extreme religous parents

Girl 2 - extreme conservative parents

1. Mid shot of girls looking at, each other centre of the shot, side on, no sound track in the fort.
2. Camera moves in on faces and pans down on hands, sound track starts, shot lasts 5 seconds.
3. On the lyric "empty" during silence shot cuts to doorway, three figures, parents and priest standing there, shot lasts 4 seconds.
4. Close up girls faces, smiling, 4 seconds.
5. Over shoulder shot from priest, looking at Girl 1 in bed, Girl 1 scared and shocked, 4 seconds.
6. Extreme close up of girls eyes, 2 second shot 
7. Close up of girl 2 getting tucked, side on, shot for 5 seconds.
8. Close up of pray beads in focus in hands, face in shot by not in focus, 4 seconds.
9. Wide shot of full fort, Girls propped up lying on each other, hold for 6 seconds.
10. Wide shot of Girl 2 in middle of bed, as she scuttle back towards head board, camera zooms out, whole shot 5 seconds.
11. Wide shoot zooms in on one Girl tickling other girl arm, 5 seconds.
12. POV from priest, looking at Girl 1, camera moves to look ar parents, dad nods mum fiddling with cross necklace, 5 seconds.
13. Mid shot of girls still leaning on each other, one girl head on shoulder, laughing, 4 seconds 
14. 6 seconds above shot of close up of Girl 2 arm, arm getting restrained, pushed down struggling. 
15. 2 seconds knot being tried.
16. Mid shot priest crossing himself 4 seconds  
17. Mid shot of dad head tilting up 2 seconds 
18. Mid shot of mum crossing her, while mumbling pray, 2 seconds 
19. Close up of girls eyes and then zoom out of her struggling in bed, 8 seconds.
20. 2 seconds  priest fingers in chalice.
21. 2 seconds of over the shoulder shot of flicking water onto girl.
22. 4 seconds bird eye view close up of little table of cross and bible while priest running finger on bible.
23. side shot close up girl crying looking up, turn face to look camera, 5 seconds, blink then cut 
24. Cut to same position in fort lying on other girl, eyes look up at other girl and camera tilts in POV shot, girl smiles and looks down on her
25. Mid shot girl sobbing, leans in to camera and screams, bird eye view for 5 seconds.
26. 5 seconds of very fast editing of all the shots in flicker sequence.
27. Bird eye shot mid shot, Girl 1 lying in bed, empty dark room, girl staring at ceiling numb, emotionalise and exhausted, 5 seconds.
28. 2 seconds side on mid shot, girls forehead touching, nose touching little smile, 
29. 3 seconds extreme close up of girls 2 lips, smile, says I LOVE YOU.
30. Black screen, 5 seconds, title appears.

 

Camera workshop 2

On the 21st of January my media class took part in our second camera workshop 

 In this workshop we were told to film a simple scene and then were put into random groups. My group and I filmed a scene of Izzy tying her shoe lace up. We started with a wide shot of Izzy tying her lace up. We then moved onto a close up and placed the camera on the floor so it can be on the same level as the shoe. Izzy then tied her shoe lace up again. We then did a mid shot from the Izzy side as she retied the shoe lace. In another session we are going to be editing this scene and joining the shots together to create a smooth scene. 

The rule of thirds is a guideline that places the subject in the left or right third of an image. The rule of thirds divides the shot into nine equal parts which is split by two equally spaced horizontal and vertical lines resulting in control points. The rule of thirds makes the shot more pleasing to the eye. 

Continuity is the importance of flow between clips. An example of this could be a mid shot of a character going to pick up a water bottle and then the next shot a close up of the SAME hand picking up the water bottle. It is extremely important to make sure the same hand picks up the water bottle as if not the clip could look tacky and unprofessional. Continuity also helps the audience follow the action that is going on in the shot.

The main calls that are used on set to ensure the set runs smoothly are "stand by","roll camera", "action" and "cut". Following these call outs while on set are vital as it saves time and helps prevent mistakes. "stand by" is to let everyone know filming is about to start, "roll camera" is the starting of the camera, "action" means the start of acting out the scene and "cut" means stop rolling cameras. 

The 180 rule used to stop a character\object jumping around in different places during a scene. The rule is to pretend there is a imaginary line between two characters or objects and the aim is to not cross that line when filming. 

Group Meeting 25th of Jan

 Today my group and I spoke to Tom, who is helping us with the practicality of our opening sequence. We told him about our idea and then he gave his honest feedback. Tom told us that the idea of filming in the woods was unrealistic as the weather is unreliable. We decided to change the wood setting to a den they made in their room with blankets, pillows and fairy lights. We would make the den in a studio or in the same room as the exorcism. The aim would be to show the contrast of how the mood can change in the same room. We decided that at this point in the the girls relationship their feelings are getting stronger and they are realising how much they like each other. As the shots progress their feelings get more and more strong. We want this to represent forbidden lesbian relationships in the 1980s-1990s. Our whole piece is focused on contrasting moods, emotions and atmospheres. We found research that we based the exorcism one. The article was about a girl who's parents got the church to perform a exorcise to get the "demon lesbianism" out of her. Here's the article.

  https://medium.com/the-candid-cuppa/the-church-tried-to-exorcise-her-lesbianism-4775fed4392

Group Meeting 24th of Jan

 In todays lesson my group and I came to the decision that we are going to use Caitlin opening sequence idea about the two lesbian girls and the exorcism. We discussed her idea over again and read through her shot by shot. We all gave opinions on what we should add and what we don't like. We all took into consideration each others ideas on what we should add/change. We are all happy with the way our opening sequence is heading.

Here is the story board we made in class. This shows the shots we are planning on creating for our opening sequence. 

Camera workshop 1

The camera we will be using is called a Black Magic Smth. 

The "yours" & "mine" rule is a technique that ensures that all heavy equipment doesn't fall and helps with communication in the group. 

The spirit level is for ensuring the camera is straight and in the middle of the tripod. 

The way to set up a tripod correctly is by unfolding the tripod out of the bag. Once the tripod is out of the bag carefully open the legs and place it on the ground. Then unlock all the bottom levers and lift it up by pulling the top of the tripod to adjust the height. When happy with the height re lock the levers again. Once happy with the height of the tripod, set up the camera.

To carefully set up the camera on the top of the camera you must take the camera out of the box ensuring you carry it close to your body. Then push the button on the platform of the tripod while slowly sliding the camera onto the tripod, releasing the button when the camera securely in place. Once this is done adjust the levers on either side of the pan and move till the camera is in the your wanted position.

To get a successful focus and zoom, you must first zoom in as far as possible on the main target in the shot and then focus the image while slowly zoom out to the desired shot size. It is very important to do this for every shot because otherwise the camera will lose focus on the different subjects within the shot and won't produce such a clean crisp image.

White balancing is changing the colour of an image to make it look more normal and realist to the human eye. Lets say a scene starts off inside a room but then works it way to outside, the image will appear a blue colour so it needs white balancing to look normal. This always works the other way around, for example filming outside and then going indoors can make the image overly orange. To change this there is a symbol on the screen that has symbols for the environment you are filming in. This symbol includes being outside, inside, in the shade, under fluorescent lights, under cloud and a custom options.

Exposure is how much light is let into the lens and how bright the image turns out. A low exposure lets in less light meaning a darker image and a high exposure lets in more light meaning a lighter and even an over exposure image. There is a blue slider by the camera lens which allows you to change the exposure. When filming in a dark area you will want a higher exposure to allow more light in and when filming in a bright area you will want a lower exposure to make sure you don't allow too much light in. It is important to change the exposure to ensure you get the perfect amount of light in a it will benefit the image by making it look natural and clear. 

 

Group step by step

 My idea 

 Shot-by-shot narrative action list for opening sequence idea 2 

. Establishing mid shot of a brick wall with posters on it, hold shot for 5 seconds.

. Camera zooms closer to one pacific poster.

. Camera holds shot for 5 seconds of that one poster, poster says missing girl with picture and information of girl.

. Hand grabs poster and crushes it up, camera zooms out to mid shot of wall and the hand throws the paper in the bin next to the wall. 

. Camera cuts to a tracking shot of women talking down graveyard, music begins low and sad tune.

. Mid shot of women joining a group of others at a funeral in the graveyard. 

. close up of guests at funeral looking sad.

. Another mid shot and close ups.

. Wide shot of guests walking away from the funeral in different directions. 

. Camera follows the girl from before as she walks off alone down a path in graveyard. 

. Camera facing the girl tracking her as she walks. 

. Camera cuts to behind the girl, still following her as she walks but now she from behind.

. A diegetic ping sound is heard and the girls phone brightly lights up in her hand.

. Girl and camera come to a hold and stop moving (Camera still behind the girl).

. Girl moves her hand with the phone in it higher up nearer her face.

. Camera zooms into the phone. 

. Music automatically changes to a creepy sound. 

. A message notification is on the bright iPhone scene. 

. Camera cuts to a mid of the phone screen, and the name of the "dead" friend appears with the message saying "I know what you did". 

.Opening sequence ends and screen goes black 

Caitlin idea 

Girl 1 - extreme religous parents

Girl 2 - extreme conservative parents

1. Establishing wide shot of two girls backs to the camera in the centre of the screen with a shed or hut of some sort in front of them. No music just a few seconds of silence maybe a few birds chirping.
2. Zoom in on their hands and focus on their fingers touching for a few seconds - music starts to play - possibly a nirvana song or under the milky way by the church.
3. Cut to close up of girl 1 face red and tear streaked then see her head turn towards the door
4. Cross cut to the same girls eyes in the exact same composition but in the woods now and she smiles then pan down to her lips and smile then zoom out slightly so we see both girls looking at each other smiling. 
5. Cross cut back to girl 1 room and in doorway we see three figures back lit to look ominous - her parents and a priest.
6. POV shot of them walking towards her 
7. Quick cut back to them in the woods laughing 
8. Eyeline match from previous shot? from parents POV and we see her backing into her bed
9. Close up (back in woods) of hand brushing hair behind ears and girl 2 close up of eyes 
10. When she blinks cut to mid shot? of her parents hands grabbing her wrists to restrain her
11. Cross cut to them holding hands and one girls tracing circles on the back of the other girls hand 
12. Cross cut to mid shot (priests pov) of parent giving a nod to the priest 
13. Eyeline match to see priest nod back
14. Close up of him preparing the holy water
15. Cut to close up of girl 2 crying
16. Wide shot to show her struggling 
17. Then birds eye view mid shot to see her struggle but then give up because it is useless
18. Close up of priest picking up a large cross 
19. Wide shot with priests back to us on the left side so we can see the face of girl 2 he lifts the cross over her body
20. Close up of priests lips moving slowly in small mumbled prayer 
21. Then zoom out to close up of his face and follow as he turns his head up and shouts prayers at the top of his lungs and this effort is visible despite the sound being muted.
22. Another close up of her sobbing but her body doesn't move like a typical exorcism because there isn't actually any evil in her and the parents are just being deluded
23. 
    
    Close up of mothers face looking away and a tear streaking down her face
24. Close up of fathers face staring at her looking stern 
25. Birds eye view of priest shaking her shoulders 
26. Then mid shot from the side to see priest shouting in her face as she tries to look away
27. Sudden cut to her face looking numbly at the ceiling red and puffy from crying then slowly zoom out into a birds eye to see her lying spread out on her bed alone in a dark room we hear a sigh that fades over the top of the soundtrack
28. Then very fast editing of loads of different shots of them that were taking in the forest and part of the exorcism all going very fast sort of like a flip book
29. Sudden stop and cut to close up of their faces in the woods we see both of their faces in the shot looking at each other and one of them says i love you in a breathy voice and the music stops before this shot so it is silent with just the breathy i love you and then a moment where they still look at each other and then the screen goes to black and the title appears

Otto idea 

• The first shot is a close up shot of the hands of our main character. Sitting atop a hill/grassy area. The hands would be in wrappings and would appear to have blood on them. They would figet with their hands and slowly unwrap them.
• Then cut to their face, their face would be sweating and they would be visibly exhausted.
• Cut back to their hands, now unwrapped, we see the dried up blood.
• A zoomed out shot of the them where we see their whole body, they fidget with their hands and caress their scars. They sigh and get up.
• A follow shot of them walking inside a house, in a normal pace.
• Another follow shot, with zoom following them towards the gym. Keep the focus on them as they walk, their parents are in the blurred out background appear to be trying to speak to him but their voices are drowned out.
• A close up of their face, looking down as they enter the gym.
• Zoom out as they shut the door behind them.
• A still shot of them standing in front of the door and looking at a punching bag.
• Close up shot of their shoes as they drop their gym bag.
• High angle shot from the position of the gym bag as they get nearer to the punching bag.
• Close up shot of the punching bag as they hit it.
• Title.

Beas idea 

• Wide shot of person sat in centre of frame in jacket (establishing)
• Close up of light flickering 
• Wide shot of person sat 
• Close up of jacket
• Zooms out to a wide shot 
• Mid shot from the left (fast paced)
• Mid shot from above (fast paced)
• Mid shot from right (fast paced)
• Mid shot from below (fast paced)
• Camera pans up to a wide shot (doctor enters)
• Close up on patient for a reaction 
• Close up on doctors’ jacket with a badge stating ‘mental asylum’ 
• Close up of doctors notes, scribbled ‘hopeless’ 
• Wide shot, see patient not looking at doctor 
• Zooms in to patient, to close up 
• Cuts between patient face, lights and their feet twitching 
• Close up of patients eye, opens very wide 

End.

Group meeting 20th of Jan

 Today my group and I went through our individual shot-by-shot ideas. We all said our honest opinions on what we like and don't like about each others shot-by-shot ideas. We are all staying open minded and happily taking criticism until we make a final decision. 

Adam came around and heard our step-by-step ideas. He gave us feed back on how successful each idea could turn out and how we could achieve each idea.