In ‘the P.A’ we used different camera shots and angles which is very important in making any film look good. We used a range of shots including;
Close-ups; which were really good to exaggerate expression for each character and also show the focus on one particular thing (e.g the lipstick)
Medium shots; these were good because most of the film takes place at a makeshift desk. A long shot would be silly as the audience does not need to see the character's legs, and a close-up would cut most of what's happening out (body language, opening the suitcase etc...)
180 degree rule; this was a quite important aspect to ‘The P.A’ because there was a lot of dialogue across a table. To make the film look correct and aesthetically pleasing the camera had to stay behind this one ‘invisible line.’ We achieved this quite well and both the characters were shown on one side of the screen. At one point Madame the gangster was shown on a close up closer to the middle than when she was normally shown on the right. This didn’t look very good and is a classic example of the importance to stick to the ‘invisible line.’ I have learnt something very crucial for future filming tasks.
Match on action; this was one of the main things we had to achieve in this preliminary exercise and this was done by a character shown walking towards a door on one side, then the camera shot changes to from inside the room watching the character enter. The shot leading towards the door was of the character’s point of view then from the other side it was a medium long shot to see the character walk in. It was reasonably easy to film and with the help of the editing programme the film could be cut short and the sequence smoother and less delayed.
Shot reverse shot; this was mainly used in dialogue as one character said something hen the shot switched to the other to view their reaction and their ‘retaliation’ to the comment.
Close-ups; which were really good to exaggerate expression for each character and also show the focus on one particular thing (e.g the lipstick)
Medium shots; these were good because most of the film takes place at a makeshift desk. A long shot would be silly as the audience does not need to see the character's legs, and a close-up would cut most of what's happening out (body language, opening the suitcase etc...)
Long shots; these were useful when showing the character walking (as it di establish someone was actually walking.)
180 degree rule; this was a quite important aspect to ‘The P.A’ because there was a lot of dialogue across a table. To make the film look correct and aesthetically pleasing the camera had to stay behind this one ‘invisible line.’ We achieved this quite well and both the characters were shown on one side of the screen. At one point Madame the gangster was shown on a close up closer to the middle than when she was normally shown on the right. This didn’t look very good and is a classic example of the importance to stick to the ‘invisible line.’ I have learnt something very crucial for future filming tasks.
Match on action; this was one of the main things we had to achieve in this preliminary exercise and this was done by a character shown walking towards a door on one side, then the camera shot changes to from inside the room watching the character enter. The shot leading towards the door was of the character’s point of view then from the other side it was a medium long shot to see the character walk in. It was reasonably easy to film and with the help of the editing programme the film could be cut short and the sequence smoother and less delayed.
Shot reverse shot; this was mainly used in dialogue as one character said something hen the shot switched to the other to view their reaction and their ‘retaliation’ to the comment.
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