Preliminary task evaluation

Eutopia Opening Response

In the theory side of media A level we have been watching a few episodes of a series called Utopia. We have now been given our first exam style question to answer, we practise with exam questions so that we get a feel of what we will be asked in the final exam. For this question we had 45 minutes and a short clip from the opening to an episode. The question we were asked was: What is effective about the opening to series 2 episode 6 of utopia? This is my final response. I will use the feedback from the teacher to try and improve my next written response.

Story board

This is my storyboard in preparation for the preliminary task. I can now use this as a direction of what to film and when to film.

~ Beth

Preliminary task video

Hello,


This is our final video for the preliminary task described earlier,
 


                        ~Beth

Preliminary task

Hello,

So we have been set our first proper task. It is to film a continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. I am in a group with Jack Geary and Spencer Graham. We must correctly use the 180 degree rule which is shown in the diagram below:

 

The 180° rule is a cinematography guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another . When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a reverse angle.
                                              ~Beth