Introduction to unit G324: Advanced portfolio - video task short list.

This work relates to assessment objective 3.

In order to tell my story about the object being dropped i will have to establish certain criteria for the clip.

First we had to decide where the setting will be and we decided that person A will be in the canteen to start with and will walk out into the corridor where he will meet person B. Other aspects of mise en scene will include person A's phone and headphones. No costume will be required for the characters as it's just a casual everyday college day.

Shot types and editing techniques to be used will include:

An establishing shot of person A in the canteen (music will be playing from the start of the scene).
This would be followed by a medium close up of him listening to music sat at a table followed by him standing up and taking off his headphones, (at this point the music would quickly fade out) and then pocketing his phone.
The next scene would be a tracking shot of him walking as an action match from the scene before, considering the 180 degree rule.
There would then be a close up of the phone sticking out of his pocket.
The next shot will be a tracking shot from behind person A which shows the phone falling out of his pocket..
before it hits the floor there will be an extreme close up shot of person B's eyes as a reverse eyeline match looking downwards.
This is then followed by a closeup of the phone on the floor and person B's hand picking it up.
The next scene could be a tracking shot from infront of person A, focusing on him at first, and then using pull focus to view person B as he runs up from behind and taps person A on the shoulder. Person A then starts to turn round to face him.
The next scene would use an action match of person A turning and the shot is a medium close up of them talking and then a few over the shoulder shots to get their reactions to each other and finally using a long shot to show them walking off in seperate directions to establish the end of the scene.

These techniques will be good for the film because they will present the audience with a clear view of the situation and will help them to understand what is going on. The different roles the characters are playing within the scene will also be shown well by use of the canera and editing techniques which will show facial expressions and actions to the best effect.