Preliminary Exercise

For our preliminary exercise that we were told we had to work in a four to create, we all came to the conclusion of making a cliff-hanger ending of soap, which would come across as linking to the next/previous episode. The reason why we chose this was because, we felt that we had good actors whom would be able to take on the roles well of the decided idea and thought it would work well. To begin with, in our scene, we have chosen two characters who appear to be the protagonists who connote the fact that they are a couple and are together. The first shot that was made was the medium long shot of the girl. This shot shows the girl (anjali) walking towards a door, and allows the audience to see exactly who she is, avoiding any enigma codes being created.  Following on from this shot, an extreme close up of the door being opened, of her (anjali's) hand on the handle, has been shot. We have then shot when anjali walks through the door and shows that she is happy as she has a huge smile on her face. Throughout this clip, this is one of the places in which match on action has been shown clearly. After this we have created a scene in which it connotes that she is in a good mood and she is smiling walking into the room. A long shot has then been made, were we have started shooting from her point of view, and show her walking towards the male. The medium long shot that has then been shot from the side of both of them shows both of the shown couple to be hugging. This is the part within the scene in which the audience are meant to engage and begin thinking about the fact that they are a couple. After a few seconds this scene slowly fades and with an effect blurs, and all of a sudden the females (anjalis) phone starts ringing. From this part onwards, an enigma code has been created. And in order to achieve this, the phone was a vital piece of crop that we needed. Following this shot, we managed to create a shot using the 180 degree rule. This shot was when the camera was placed over anjalis shoulder and the male in front of her asks her how her day was, and when she responded, we created the same shot but then over his shoulder. Making sure that there was a distinct 180 degree line, we were able to make it exact. It is after this shot that more of an enigma code has been created as there is a repetitive shot being used of the phone vibrating. This again has been used in order to bring attention to the scene and creates more attention. After this shot, there is then a conversation recorded between both the male and female in the scene and this has been created using the 180 degree rule. This has been done filming over the shoulder and facing the camera towards the person who is speaking. This is followed by a shot of the female grinning suspiciously and stating that it was no one. Creating suspense and a sort of enigma code at the same time, as to why she is hiding who was contacting her. Then there is a straight cut, and this is used in order to go onto the next shot, which is the medium shot were the boy leans forward to snatch the phone off of her and she is trying to snatch it back. We have then used a long shot, of when the boy is standing up in anger and this again creates some sort of enigma code as the audience have not yet seen what it is on the phone that has made him angry. The shot after this, we have used a close up of the female, in order to show the actual expressions on her face, and from this, the audience should slowly gather that she has done something wrong, as she looks down and appears to be very guilty with the movement of her eyes rolling and the attitude shown. The final shot is of a close up of the phone, and gives the audience the exact reason as to why her supposed ‘love’ was angry – as he phone shows a picture of herself and another guy, not him. This is where the audience are most likely going to understand what is going on, and creates even more of an enigma code as they are going to start questioning why and what she did.

My Narrative - A Movie Bob'Super

Main character is Bob. He is thought to be a normal guy who lives in a village, working for the local train station. One day, he is fixing the rails of the train track, when out of no-were a train comes, and WOOOSH, all you can hear is the train passing. Whilst all witnesses gather around the rails to see what is left of him, everyone is shocked to see that there is no Bob to be seen. Clearly the train ran over him, where has he gone? How did he disappear? This creates an enigma code, as it makes the audience wonder as to were he has gone and how he could have gone, when clearly he has been ran over. The fact that he thinks he is normal, however it is later on revealed that he is a superhero, and for this reason he managed to escape the incident within a matter of seconds. This shows the equilibrium, however later on the Villain comes along and tries to kill him. This shows the disequilibrium. Further on , he meets Bobby – a girl who is also a superhero and begins to find out his history alongside her, and how he has these powers. It is through this that he comes to know ways in which he can defend himself, and in the end when again the Villains come to attack him, and take his powers away from him, him and the super heroin are able to defend him.  

The Villain: Bob

The Donor: Superpowers

The Hero, Helper, Princess: Bobby