Filming

How we found filming

At the start we found filming quite challenging because at the beginning of our film we wanted to do a establishing shot of the inspector standing far away from us in the field the other side of the school and none of us had phones to communicate with so one of us went in between the cameraman, director and the actor. They then communicate information to each person, after that we found filming a bit easier because we knew what we were doing and how to do it and plus most of the shots were close so we didn't have to do any long range communicating.

Genre

Why I chose this genre

For our film we decide to chose a subgenre called crime drama because crime dramas involve the audience in trying to solve the crime committed and it gives them the suspense of trying to work out who did it. Crime dramas can give the audience information about how the police work everyday, how the courts work when sentencing criminals and how the forensic scientists work when cleaning up murders or other types of crime. Crime dramas give the audience an insight into how the criminal underworld could actually work.  Examples of crime dramas include CSI, The A Team, Hawaii 5-0, Criminal Minds, Law and Order, The Bill and Inspector Morse   

Script for our interrogation scene

Script for the interrogation

Interrogator: (calmly) So, where are they?

Suspect: …………………

Interrogator: (more firmly) Where are they?

Suspect: (trembling) I … I can’t t-tell you…

Interrogator: (commanding voice) Tell me where they are

Suspect: (more fear) I c-c-c-can’t …

Interrogator: If you don’t tell me where they are, you will regret it

[fade to black]


This is the script we used to perform in our movie opening because the genre we chose was a crime drama and as seen from the script we are performing and interrogation scene where the interrogator wants to know where the people that have gone missing are and the suspect is not allowed to tell and as seen from the script he is becoming incredibly anxious and scared as the interrogator asks more firmly for an answer.

Shot List

Shot number	Shot type	Camera movement	Length	Int/ext	Props	Equipment
1	Establishing	Tilt (downwards)	5-6 secs	Interior		Tripod
2	Full shot		6-7 secs	Interior	Winter clothing	Tripod
3	Over-the-shoulder shot	Tracking	6-7 secs	Interior
4	Medium Match on action		2-3 secs	Interior		Tripod
5	Close up	Tracking	6-7 secs	Interior		Dolly
6	POV shot		4-5 secs	Interior		Tripod
7	-Shot 6 repeated from 2 angles with 180 degree rule- Length: ~20 seconds

This camera shot table shows all the camera shots and editing techniques that we used in our film opening that we made we also added columns in which we said how long each camera shot and editing technique took and whether we will need to use in any props and also what filming equipment we needed when we made our film.

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Storyboard

This is the storyboard we made for our preliminary task. As a group we decided to do a crime drama which is a hybrid genre because it has two different genres blended together and we started our storyboard with an establishing shot out of out of a steamy window to make it look like it was winter. The camera will then tilt down to a mysterious looking character who is wearing a scarf and a coat and the use of mise en scène will tell us that it is definitely winter. We will then use a match on action shot to show our character walking through the door, when he is walking to the characters interrogation room we will use a tracking shot that will just show his feet. It will then cut to the interrogatee as the interrogator walks into the room and this where we will use the 180 degree rule to show the realism of the conversation because if we broke the 180 degree rule it would like they would be both facing in the same direction and this would become disorientating for the audience. Also during this conversation we are going to use the shot reverse shot to immerse the audience in the dialogue by showing both people. We ended the storyboard with the interrogator giving the interrogatee an ultimatum and then the screen will then fade to black and that will be the end of the film.  

Candidate name and number

Harry Smith, candidate number 2319