Tuesday 8 December 2009

After viewing our preliminary task we as a group encountered a few problems and a few positives. The class also analyzed our work and thought commonly of the three problems we spotted. These were;
1. We broke the one hundred and eighty degree rule on one occasion when the camera portrays Sheridan on the wrong side of the camera over my left shoulder. To avoid this problem in our future piece we will shoot the shot over my right shoulder to show Sheridan on the correct side of the camera.
2. Another problem that was spotted was the cutting of my hand when opening the door to the hall, as the shot hangs around for far to long and needs to be finely cut more. To stop this happening in the future we will edit our sequence to a much finer detail to avoid mistakes.
3. The third problem was we could have explored the one hundred and eighty degree rule in much more detail by adding a conversation to the sequence, and that is what we will do in future.
We also received some positive feedback such as;
1. Our shots were very well paced and we used transitions well.
2. Our storyline was clear and easy to understand.
3. Apart from on one occasion we kept to the one hundred and eighty degree rule consistently.
Myself and my partners have chosen to film and produce a "Hustle" style sequence for our main coursework task. Our group consists of Connor "the pikey" Speed (cameraman), Matt "G-Ride Bouncer" Game and Sheridan "Skull Cruncha" Martin. We are going to begin our sequence by introducing a mysterious male figure "Matt Game" walking through a number of frames with a brown envelope to meet somebody. We will then move on to where he meets another character "Sheridan Martin" who is sat down at a poker table waiting for him. Cards are then dealt out by a female dealer in typical Texas hold em' style to each player. Sheridan hands in all of his chips and Matt hands in the brown envelope to the centre of table. During this time we will mix in a number of shots including a over the shoulder shot of both players cards by cameraman Connor Speed. The dealer reveals the flop, turn and river and Matt wins and collects winnings and leaves.