Preliminary Task - Production

The clip starts with a fade into an establishing shot, and we used a tripod to steady our shot as the student walked down the stairs. As he exits the stairs we switch to a mid shot, showing the student walking towards the door. We then cut to a shot of the door and the student, we positioned the camera to give the best chance of student being in the centre of frame, if we hadn't of done this the eyes of the audience would be drawn to the door as opposed to student. After we use a medium close up of the door handle and the student opening the door. We had to reposition the camera several times to ensure the handle and hand are in the centre of the frame. Whilst doing this we had to ensure continuity with the last shot as the student reached to the door in the previous shot with his left hand, so in the current shot we made sure he opened the door with the same hand.

After he opened the door we moved the camera to the other side of the door, and this was our required match on action shot. As he walked past the camera, we panned it to show the teacher sat down in the room. By having a pan we can track his movement and see the surrounding of the room. The characters then exchange some dialogue and this was our opportunity to use our shot/reverse shot during the dialogue. After the conversation a 2 shot was used of both characters shaking hands and as the student walks away the shot fades to black.

A non-diegetic soundtrack was used in the beginning of the clip, we decided to use this clip as it suited the clip perfectly and it matched the speed of the student walking. It then switched to diegetic sound, as we hear the conversation between both characters.

Tom Smith