One Scene, Three Shots.

The scene as a Two Shot;

The Scene as an Over The Shoulder Shot (OTS);

The scene as another Over The Shoulder Shot (OTS) from the other actor's perspective:

Experimenting with Sound.

Myself and Anna borrowed equipment from the technical department in LIPA to be able to practise recording sound and to understand the differences we can make.

To start with we explored Room Ambience;
From 0:00 to 1:00 we recorded the room ambience of the LIPA Bar.
From 1:00 to 2:00 we recorded the room ambience of the Stairwell within LIPA.

There is a clear difference in the room ambience from the two locations; with the bar being filled with alot of background noise of people talking/drinks being prepared etc to the Stairwell being almost silent.

The little tapping noises that can be heard at approx 0:03-0:07, 0:13-0:21, 0:33-0:41 are where the wire attached to the boom is hitting the boom itself which sends vibrations to the microphone causing that sound. So when using the boom you need to be careful to not let this happen. Sadly as we have had little practise this happened frequently in our recording. There are also noises of mobile phone interference at approx 0:21-0:23,0:46-0:49. This is another thing that we need to be aware of.

Next we looked at how Distance from the microphone can affect the sound it makes.
From 2:00 to 2:10 I was talking directly into the microphone.
From 2:10 to 2:25 I was talking in the direction of the microphone approx 2 metres away.
From 2:25 to 2:40 I started talking directly into the microphone then moved  backwards away from the microphone. There are more sounds of boom tapping on this recording.
From 2:40 to 2:50 we repeated the previous recording and tried to ensure there was no boom tapping.

This demonstrates that the further away you are from the microphone the more sounds you are able to pick up, this is shown through the echoes of my voice i.e. where the sound I am making is bouncing off of the hard surfaces of the floor/walls/ceiling creating echoes.

Pictures of myself and Anna recording the LIPA Bar room ambience;

Monologue

I've noticed that because I am trying to limit my movement slightly so that I can repeat it three times, my hands are twitching because I am not following my impulse to move, so I will need to practise this. However I think my acting isn't too large for tv. If I had more time I would've also been able to get someone to help me film my monologue rather than me balancing my phone in places meaning that I didn't get clear shots sadly.

Examples of Shot Types.

 This is an example of a Full Shot (FS). Typically showing the person from head to toe without showing alot of the background.

This is an example of a Medium Full Shot (Pan American). Showing the person from just below the knees to the top of the head.
















Next we have the Mid Shot (MS). Showing a person from above the knees to the top of the head.

 

 After this we have the Mid Close Up (MCU). This is  between a Mid Shot and a Close Up.


















This is an example of a Close Shot. Where the subject dominates most of the frame.

















This is an example of a Full Close Up.  Showing the subject from the neck up to the top of the head.

















This is an example of a Big Close Up. Showing something specific in close detail.

A slightly different shot shown here is the Over the Shoulder (OTS) shot. Showing the subject from the shoulder of the other person.

This is an example of a Profile shot. Showing the subject from the side.

 A Clean Single, shown here, is a shot with no intruding items in the foreground, showing the subject cleanly.

















The Last shot I have an example of is a Point of View (POV) shot, which shows the viewer what the subject is looking at. For example in this still the subject is looking at and grasbing the door handle.