In my preliminary task, I used a range of camera shots like
long shots and extreme close ups to focus on different aspects of the story, the
door opening and closing. In my film opening, I did the same, using camera shots to focus on
certain details in scenes, like with character’s expressions and comedic
scenarios. Because it was two minutes and not 20 seconds, I got to capture more
moments. I didn’t use many angles in my preliminary task; however I used very slight
low angles to make our tiny location seem a little bit bigger. In my opening, I
used high angles to connote how small and insignificant the protagonist is, but
then used low angles to show how in his mind, he is god’s gift to earth. I didn’t
use any camera movement in my preliminary task. In my opening, there are
tracking shots used to make the cameraman seem like a physical character, adding
to the fourth wall breaking laws of the movie.
In my preliminary tasks, framing is used so that there is
focus on certain characters. Ivan talks, he’s in frame; Rahib talks, he’s in
frame. They’re both in the frame, they’re on a civil level. In my opening, the cameraman
is out of the frame, we never see him. So despite what we see, the movie goes
beyond the barriers of the frame. This fits in the tone of a fourth wall
breaking teen angst comedy.
In my preliminary task, the lighting is natural and
therefore quite average. In my opening, the school and the house have rather
dark lighting to connote how Joe doesn’t like being in doors. The lighting is
bright and majestic outside, as if he’s free. The costumes in the preliminary
task is rather average, we just wore are regular clothes. For my opening, I planned
what Joe wore while everyone else wore what they liked. I chose unattractive clothing
as well as eyeshadow (unconventional for a male teen), to make him seem more
like an outcast. Because of filming for multiple days, I had to make up for
people having different clothes every day with a punchline at the end. We used
no props except for the tables and chairs already in the classroom for our
preliminary task. In my opening, I didn’t use many props either.
The only setting in my preliminary task is the classroom. In
my opening, there is Joe’s bedroom, the streets, the park, the playgroup and
the school.
In terms of dialogue and expressions, our preliminary task
had short sentences, rather monotone voices and relaxed expressions. Seeing how
my opening was more over the top and not a practise experiment, the characters
have more dialogue, more varied expressions. Joe being over the top, Eugene
being angry, Simon being awkward and Evangeline being disinterested. There is
also a battle between the narrator and Joe, connoting how socially awkward teenagers
and autistic people often talk and even argue with himself.
The 180 rule was used for the preliminary task for when they’re
not talking and just looking at eachother. With Joe interacting with a bunch of
characters, we see the 180 rule being utilised more often. Ellipses is used to
skip the conversation in the preliminary task, so we don’t know what on earth
they were talking about. In the opening, ellipsis is used to cut unneeded
sections like the entire journey to school, it’s also used in a comedic way to
put our hero in random locations for the sake of a gag or a cheap punchline,
like with how he suddenly ends up in a nursery or with Simon at the end. Cross cutting
isn’t used in the preliminary task but it’s used in the opening as part of the
ending montage, so that multiple images match our protagonist’s dialogue. There
is no jump cut used in the preliminary task, but it’s used in the opening to
restart the movie multiple times, adding to the comedy style. In both pieces of
work, juxtaposition is used in order to further the plot. In the preliminary
task, there is a cross dissolve to imply that they talk longer than we see them
do. While in the opening, there is a fade from black to open the movie, either
to connote how dark school is or how empty Joe’s mind is when the movie starts.
No special effects were used in either movies.
No titles were used in the preliminary task. Titles were
used in the opening. They were used to give the names of the actors, for the
movie title and for comedic effect to contradict the actions and words of the
main character. The size of the title is big and small in order to put emphasis
on certain details. The font is very much like graffiti, to appeal to teens who
crave destruction or rebellion. The positioning of the title depends on where
the actor is and on the light of the scene. This is so it’s easy to read. There
are no transitions, they just appear.
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