The set was a classroom, which usually evokes a
feeling of fun and mischief. We didn't pay specific attention to detail for
mise-en-scene in order to keep it looking as natural as possible. We wanted no
indication of suspicion from either character no from their surroundings. This
takes the plot away from any specific genre and makes the meaning of the story
ambiguous.
The action centered around a chair at
a desk and the door of the classroom. We set our tripod up in the middle of the
room in order to get a good wide shot and to get our bearings of how the
action’s generally going to go with the set. After our wide shot of the action,
we got a general idea of how it looked and what we wanted to emphasize through
use of different shots. We then went for middle shots on each character so we
could get a better view of each individual actor so we at least had something
more interesting to fall back on if the close ups didn't work. We also wanted
to be able to catch some ‘juicy bits’ in the action in more detail.
We then used close ups of each of the
actor’s faces so we could have more detail on facial expression. Afterwards, we
took a separate close-up shot of the memory stick being inserted to signify how
that is important. Finally we took a closer shot of the door being kicked to keep
a vibrant effect.
People very easily fit in to their
roles. Being very bossy, I found it a little difficult when I was director and
wanted to be in control of what happened on set but other students were giving
commands such as ‘action’ and ‘cut’ to try and join in. One student said ‘cut’
before I wanted the cut, which meant I didn't get more of a shot I wanted.
However, I very much liked having control of the ‘ship’ and being able to use
my ideas for shots. We swapped roles a few times and soon learnt that some of
us are better at some tasks than others. I, for instance, was useless at
continuity because my spatial judgment is not particularly strong.
Besides continuity, I felt that
generally I enjoyed the task because of the responsibility required. It teaches
you to be attentive to what’s going on on set.
The
task really made me interested in exploring different camera angles and more
exciting shots such as tracking shots.
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