Scenario

We were set a scenario which we thought by completing would be beneficial to our final product as it would give us some practice. This scenario was: 

• Two friends, A and B, are waiting for an important message.
• The text is received. A opens the text message.
• A shows B the text message.

The aim was to build drama through the use of camera work, language, framing, mise en scene, sound and editing.

To begin, we made a mind map of suggestions of what to do for the various aspects. This was basically just to get all of our ideas onto paper, so we could then move of to recognising which ideas were better suited to the task at hand.

We then moved on to creating a storyboard. This plan helped to arrange the idea into a sequence so we could easily follow in chronological order what we were doing. It played as instructions to what we were doing with the camera. It also indicated any actions to be made by the characters. As we created the storyboard for the scenario, we included all elements of the story board frame to keep the layout appropiate.

This is our final product:

Through the sound of the ticking clock, we tried to create some sort of suspense, and to highlight the fact the characters where waiting for something of importance. The characters movement shows nerves, that they cant keep still. We kept the camera stationary at this point, so the character walked in and out of frame therefore the audience would not be fully focused on this character but would be aware of other features of the room such as the other character fidgeting with the phone, which has significance to the the scenario. The character then approaches the window and the camera positioned behind them as a mid shot, showing the character looking out, waiting. As a beep occurs to let the audience know the text message has been received, the characters suddenly turn to look at each others and the sound used give the action a dramatic effect. 

Whilst in editing we realised that the lighting of the room slighting changed throughout, this was an uncontrollable factor as the lighting used was natural and they sun ever so slightly changed it position outside as we filmed which altered the lighting of the whole room. 

Overall, we found this task beneficial as it was a great basic way of how to plan out the idea for the product. It shows the audience our train of thought whilst we were creating the clip, and the plans were easy for us as producers to refer back to as we were in the process of filming.