Pre - Lim Task ( Film and Media )

Filming a short film, which dialogue between to people…

 

For out pre-lim film and media task, we were split into groups  of 5-4 people and were asked to all contribute to the filming of a very simple story board. The short was simple dialogue between two actors, one who entered the room who talk to the the other, and then leave the room. the story board containing several camera angles and shots, we were also asked to include our own shots that we thought would be relevant to the final piece, i.e. close ups, extra shots and different experimentations with the original story boards angles to see if we could improve them.

 

In the group i was in, there were the two actors, one of them being me, a director and a D.O.P., and we filmed in the departments editing suite, and for the sake of simplicity of filming we reversed the shots in the story boards so that actions that happened on the right would happen on the left, as the door the actors was entering from was on the wrong side of the room, and there was no space for the camera to be in the right place. So we improvised.

 

Though each shot in the scene was different, we filmed the whole seen from every angle displayed on the story board, this allows us to be able to experiment when editing during post production, and be able to have more options if it turns out something went wrong on set, like a continuity error. we never reviewed the footage to save time, so we would sometimes repeat shots, just to be safe. Close up shots didn’t require us to film the whole seen again, but we did have to careful as to make the actions in the close ups match the actions in the main shots.

 

The few problems that we ran into were, missed lines, misread lines, and the movements had to be just right in front of camera so that the right shot could be done, we often found that myself or the other actor were obstructing the view the cameraman(woman) was trying to get for the shot. The director also made me self conscious about a “huff” sound that i seemed to make at the end of every sentence, which slowed the process as every time i did, after it was picked up on, all on set would burst out laughing and would have have to shoot all over again.

28 Weeks Later Poster Analysis

Poster style Design consists of a large WARNING in bold, which draws the attention of the Audience towards the advertisement.

Colours of RED and neutral colours of cream and white, emphasise the film is a Horror/Thriller.

The figure in the poster is in an upright and uniformed stance, the fact that he is holding a rifle suggests he is military, and the respirator suggests a Biohazard is in place, alongside the Biohazard symbol under the title.

Title, 28 Days Later, Is in the Corner of the Poster’s image, not standing out, but as though it is just information, may be specific for the fan so the previous film, as the title will be less important. Done so that the effect of the poster is not broken but so that the audience understands the denotation without noticing the connotations.

Information at the bottom relating to what the movie might be about, without telling the story, also in Red, sense of danger, which the message emphasises  The overall poster is less like an ad for a movie, but more like a public service announcement

Release date if the film and a Web Link. (for information to the institution) is at the bottom and in small print, as to not obstruct the effect the poster is trying to create, but still advertising itself to the audience so that they know were to refer to.