1) Explain the story of your video
In our video, the story takes place in along corridors. In the first shot you can see Rose rushing towards a set of stairs and running downstairs carrying some folders, it is suggesting she is late for something. In the next shot Riana and myself are talking, having a conversation walking along the another corridor on the lower floor. As we walk along deep in conversation, Rose and Riana collide so Rose falls, spilling her folders and papers on the floor. In the last shot Rose has gotten up and a single sheet of paper is seen descending to the ground.
2) How did you attempt to create 'narrative flow' (continuity)?
By thinking up our accident beforehand, we drew out our six shots (a storyboard) on paper, deciding which orders our scenes should be in. To try to create narrative flow, Riana and I positioned our feet as close as possible to the position they were in when we were walking so the continuity would be better.
3) Did you achieve full continuity? If not, why not?
I don't think we managed to create continuity, I think the main reason was because of the close up of shoes shot. In the previous shot of Riana and myself, we were walking forward towards the camera but then the camera switched to behind us whereas it could have been more in front. An improvement is to have done a closer shot on the shoes and make a tighter frame and trim down the close up.
4) In hindsight, what would you do differently to improve the narrative flow of your video and tell your story more effectively?
In summary, the variety of shots in addition to the angled made our story more engaging in, the master shot of the stairs and people walking left the audience feeling anticipation for the collision. We had good establishing shots for both sets, the stories seemed parallel because we utilised the technique of crosscutting. In future, to generate a better narrative flow, we should make the sound more consistent and as our last two shots were too similar we needed to produce one more shot to cut in for it to work.
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Trailer Analysis - Kingsman:The Secret Service
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Release date: 29 January 2015
The genre of this film is clearly action, the characters were shown fighting with weapons connoting combat. The sound is a contributing factor to intensify the action which appeals to the audience engaging them. It makes the action seem more impressive. It is also evident that this film has a spy genre because of the gadgets, weapons and technology enclosed in this teaser. Hints of humour have been applied in this trailer to make the audience laugh showing its additional genre of comedy.
One of the characters, Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin is stereotyped as a delinquent, he is presented as a person who has no aims and is loitering about, causing trouble. This is projected by him being chased by the police inside a car and being sent to the interrogation room in a police station.
There are several near death situations littered in this trailer which is also known as an action cliche. In this short clip, no branding of any sort is featured except their own Kingsman's logo, only the day the film comes out and the names of the actors in the film are listed, this is at the end.
Release date: 29 January 2015
The genre of this film is clearly action, the characters were shown fighting with weapons connoting combat. The sound is a contributing factor to intensify the action which appeals to the audience engaging them. It makes the action seem more impressive. It is also evident that this film has a spy genre because of the gadgets, weapons and technology enclosed in this teaser. Hints of humour have been applied in this trailer to make the audience laugh showing its additional genre of comedy.
One of the characters, Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin is stereotyped as a delinquent, he is presented as a person who has no aims and is loitering about, causing trouble. This is projected by him being chased by the police inside a car and being sent to the interrogation room in a police station.
There are several near death situations littered in this trailer which is also known as an action cliche. In this short clip, no branding of any sort is featured except their own Kingsman's logo, only the day the film comes out and the names of the actors in the film are listed, this is at the end.
Reflections on Shots
1. Analyse your chosen shot and identify in what way it could be described as signifying your chosen TV Drama genre/subgenre
The photo I have chosen is of a girl who is lying on a set of stairs, this is a wide shot from a low angle. This shot could be described in terms of genre as a horror/thriller, and possibly a mystery/crime. This is signified by the the girl on the stairs and the the pair of legs that can be seen higher up the stairs. This could be a mystery or thriller because it is ambiguous who pushed the girl down the stairs and whether she was even pushed down the stairs by that person or at all. The harsh blue lighting, produced by the coloured lens heightened our genre of horror as it created a cold, eerie atmosphere.
2. What did you actually do to achieve the effect?
To achieve this affect we didn't allow the face or race of the person higher up the stairs to be seen, this left the still to be full of ambiguities.
3. How did you intend the audience to interpret your still? What narrative moment were you attempting to create? What meanings were you attempting to communicate? We wanted the audience to wonder what happened to this girl. How did she fall, was it on purpose by someone pushing her, or was it an accident and she tripped? Moreover we aimed for the audience to question the previous chain of events that happened before this episode. The viewers could further question who the person above on the stairs was and what their role was (if any) in the incident.
4. Identify what is successful about your shot.
Our shot worked well as to establish curiosity in our audience. It suits our genre perfectly and magnetises the viewers.
5. What would you do differently in hindsight? A positive modification of our shot could be for it to be less wide to reduce how much of the white walls could be seen and bring the girl lying on the stairs into focus more.
The photo I have chosen is of a girl who is lying on a set of stairs, this is a wide shot from a low angle. This shot could be described in terms of genre as a horror/thriller, and possibly a mystery/crime. This is signified by the the girl on the stairs and the the pair of legs that can be seen higher up the stairs. This could be a mystery or thriller because it is ambiguous who pushed the girl down the stairs and whether she was even pushed down the stairs by that person or at all. The harsh blue lighting, produced by the coloured lens heightened our genre of horror as it created a cold, eerie atmosphere.
2. What did you actually do to achieve the effect?
To achieve this affect we didn't allow the face or race of the person higher up the stairs to be seen, this left the still to be full of ambiguities.
3. How did you intend the audience to interpret your still? What narrative moment were you attempting to create? What meanings were you attempting to communicate? We wanted the audience to wonder what happened to this girl. How did she fall, was it on purpose by someone pushing her, or was it an accident and she tripped? Moreover we aimed for the audience to question the previous chain of events that happened before this episode. The viewers could further question who the person above on the stairs was and what their role was (if any) in the incident.
4. Identify what is successful about your shot.
Our shot worked well as to establish curiosity in our audience. It suits our genre perfectly and magnetises the viewers.
5. What would you do differently in hindsight? A positive modification of our shot could be for it to be less wide to reduce how much of the white walls could be seen and bring the girl lying on the stairs into focus more.
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