Thursday 8 December 2011

Preliminary task: Prep work

AS Media Preliminary task Prep work:
1.      Ideas:
·         Friends having a conversation either in a cafĂ© or in a house.
·         One person has gone in for a job interview and the other person is interviewing them.
·         Two parents are having a conversation either with or about their child and their concerns.
·          A top celebrity is being interviewed either for a TV show or a magazine.
·         A patient and doctor are talking about what is/isn’t wrong with the patient.
2. Script:
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Girl two walks up driveway, unlocks the door and walks into the house.
She then kicks off her shoes in the hallway.

She walks into the living room and slumps down into one of the chairs.

Girl one: Long day?
Girl two: Yeah (rolls her eyes) it seems like everyone needed something from me today.
Girl one: (smiles sympathetically) oh, so I take it you were busy then?
Girl two: Busy? (Scoffs) I had two coffee breaks for 10 minutes each and that was it.
Girl one: Oh well, we all have them days when the world seems to be against us.
Girl two: (Gets up and walks towards window and mutters) that’s easy for you to say.
Girl one: (rolls eyes) excuse me?
Girl two: (turns around to face girl one) well you only work one day a week. You’ve got it easy.
Girl one: (raises voice) at least I’m in a job that I love unlike you who constantly moans about it.
Girl two: Yeah but if I didn’t do this job the bills, the mortgage and everything else wouldn’t get paid for because unlike you, I have responsibilities.
Girl one: I do have responsibilities!
Girl two: Ok name them.
Girl one: I’m not bothering with this (storms out and slams the door).
Girl two: That’s what I thought.
END

3. Location: My house – living room, hallway, driveway.

4. Storyboard
 
 

Friday 2 December 2011

Preliminary exercise for media.

Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he/she then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.