Paula, Mickella and Cerise

Draft 1

Brainstorming and rough ideas

Include any brainstorming and rough ideas your group came up with.

Ideas

Dramatic

Mother and Daughter conversation

Secret waiting to be told

180 degree rule

What is 180 degree rule?180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two

characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

How will you consider this in your planning?

You may show still shots and label them to describe what the 180 degree rule is.

Match on action What is this?Match on action refers to a film

editing technique where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action.

Although the two shots may have actually been shot hours apart from each other, cutting on action gives the impression of continuous time when watching the edited film.

How will you consider this in your planning?

You may show still shots and label them to describe what the match on action is.

Camera Shots and angles

establishing shot

close up extreme close up

2 shot over the shoulder shot

Visual

What is it used for and why?

scene by showing the relationship between its important figures and objects

To show the emotion of the character’s face

To focus on a particular area of the face e.g. eye

Show that it’s a conversation

To focus on 1 character

180 Degree Rule A basic rule that means

that two characters should always have the same left and right relationship to each other.

When a camera crosses the ‘axis’ connecting two subjects it is called ‘crossing the line’. The new shot is called the reverse angle.

Match On Action

This technique is used to  give the viewer the illusion of one single movement across two separate shots.

For example, if you filmed someone throwing a ball, you would show a mid-shot showing the whole of the persons upper body and the persons arm begin to move. The next shot would be from a different angle, but would continue to show the ball being released from the persons arm.

It is very important that the person is throwing the ball at the same speed in both shots so that the action looks fluid.

This technique is often very difficult to master, because it requires both camera shots and editing to match perfectly

Camera Shots and angles

establishing shot

close up extreme close up

2 shot over the shoulder shot

Visual

What is it used for and why?

An establishing shot is usually the first shot of a new scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place.

shows a character's face and shoulders. It is close enough to show subtle facial expressions clearly.

 shows only a part of a character's face. It fills the screen with the details of a subject

A Two shot is a type of shot employed in the film industry in which the frame encompasses a view of two people (the subjects). The subjects do not have to be next to each other, and there are many common two-shots which have one subject in the foreground and the other subject in the background.

In film, a shot that gives us a character's point of view but that includes part of that character's shoulder or the side of the head in the shot.

Overhead Plan

Script draft 1