Pre Production - Preliminary Film

For our preliminary video task we were told we had to film a short video including:

• walking down a corridor
• opening a door 
• and exchanging a few short lines of conversation

Whilst also using the following shots:

• over the shoulder shot
• close up 
• extreme close up

We began with creating a storyboard to show what angles we were going to use and what scene's we had to film. When doing this we had to make sure we were using continuity and character placement.
I learnt from creating my storyboard that you have to put alot of detail into them so that it's easier for others to interprate. Next time i will ensure that i take alot more time on it and include alot more detail.

(storyboard)

Because we didn't spend much time adding detail and making our storyboard clear the other group having to use our storyboard struggled in understanding what we intended there film to look like and therefore had to ask us alot of questions about it.

All about me :)

My name is Ryan and my birthday is on the 9th of september.

I love skating ( Blading ) and would do it 24/7 if I could. It really is my passion. I have only ever entered two competitions in my life however and have come 3rd in both. At the moment I have a motorbike, but I can't wait to get my car.

I like a lot of music. The only music I don't like is screamo. My only preference is fast paced or rap type music because it's very good to skate to.

If I'm not out skating I tend to be on the website roller news watching videos or round my girlfriends house.

I'm really looking forward to a new skate video called 'Game Theory' to come out because it has been predicted to be the best one yet.

This is a link to the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At9KT-7-9Iw

I am also very interested in filming and editing skate videos. The only problem is that it takes alot of time to get all of the footage because each trick might take you ten minutes to land the the trick, but then it will only last for, at the most, 5 seconds. But here are my two latest videos :)

2009 edit from Ryan McLoughlin on Vimeo.

Media Studies Basics

Language

The way in which you tell a story.

The 5C's:

Camera angles

Continuity

Cutting (aka editing)
Close-ups
Composition

Angles

When 'telling' the audience where the film is set use a Long Shot. This lets you show all the important info.

A Medium Shot is the most commonly used shot in cinema. It is used to show any character interaction.

Something/someone important to show the audience then use a Close Up.

Continuity

Generally refers to visual errors. For example one minute a man is wearing a blue top and then a red the top the next.

Cutting/Editing

Essential otherwise films would be in real time and never end.

It allows a director to change locations.

The main use is to either add pace to a scene to make it exciting or to slow it down for dramatic emphasis.

The main thing considered when making a short film.

• Gender
• Age
• Ethnicity
• Sexuality
• Class and Status
• Physical ability/disability
• Regional identity.