Preliminary Scene

We have agreed to make our preliminary scene the mint exchange. The scene is a tongue in cheek version of a drugs trade. Even though the topic is quite a serious one it take a humourous appraoch to it. We have decided to film it in the school grounds but not in a building. We have used a range of camera positions, we use long shots, extreme close ups and a range of other camera shots. The dialogue used within the scene is short, but this adds to the feel of the immitation drugs exchange. The dialogue is:
Person 1: Im over here
Person 2: Alright, you got the stuff
Person 1: Yeah, pretty good stuff
Person 2: Right, good ... Thanks

The shot sequence within the film goes like:
Shot 1: Long shot (Establishing shot)
Shot 2: Long shot
Shot 3: Over the shoulder (Conversation)
Shot 4: Over the shoulder ( "               " )
Shot 5: Close up (Showing exchange)
Shot 6: Mid shot
Shot 7: Mid shot
Shot 8: Mid shot (Pan across to show action)

These different shots have different effects on the audience, for example, the establishing shot allows the audience to see where the setting is. The over the shoulder shots make the audience feel involved, as if they are in the conversation themselves. The close ups also make the audience feel involved as they are close to the action.
Unfortunately, this footage did not meet the requirements of the criteria so we needed to film another preliminary film.

experimental footage

When filming the experimental footage there were a few things we had to discuss. We spent quite a lot of time setting up the shot and planning how we would like to shoot it. We had to decide on what kind of shot to use and what was going to happen once we had started filming. We experimented with a few different types of shot and different kinds of techniques. Another thing we had to consider was the dialogue in the shot, some of what we had planned had to be changed due to differences we made in the shot. One problem we had was camera movements, when we were panning some of the movements were jerky or bumpy and we had to re-shoot and find a way to pan with the movement being smoother. Other than this i felt the shooting went well as we got the footage needed with few errors.