Recreating a movie scene Task Props

For our recreating a movie scene task we had to recreate a scene for the film "SE7EN" in our scene we needed to use props to fully capture the essence of the scene. The props we needed were a folding knife and a box.

In the scene Morgan freeman opens a box with a folding knife so to make sure our task looked as similar as possible we had to get the props used in the scene so the day before we filmed we as a group gathered the props necessary.To the side and below  are products similar to the ones we used during the film shoot. 

 

perliminary task

Preliminary task



Before we start are main task we were set the task to make a short simple video where a character(Paddy) had to walk into a room open a door walk across the room and share a few lines of dyalogue to another character(Me).

To do this we made a story board so that we could vision the scenes before he filmed them so that we all knew what was happening. After we had agreed in the script and story board we went out to look for a good locaton  to film. we chose the english block in our school as it was the quitest at the time of filming.

From making this short video i have learnt that we need to make sure that we know exactly what we need to do but to leave soem room for improviastion as some ideas might not be possible whe out filming.



  

Delta heavy, get by(stop frame action video)

An example of a stop frame video

This music video by Delta heavy uses stop frame action to shows the beat of the song and other sounds that are made for example the singing. Its quite a cool video and is worth a watch even if you don't like the song as it would have taken them hours to make as it is so smooth with very little jerky movements or jump cuts. 

Recreating a movie scene Task Story board

To help us understand the way to plan out and prepare for a filming shoot we had to design a story board and recreate the shots from the film we were going to recreate. The film we chose was "SE7EN" and the scene we chose was the scene where Morgan freeman opens the box. So to to help up plan we made a story board of all the shot in this 30 second sequence. Below is our first attempt at creating a story board.

Camera Movements

Camera movement

In our past two lessons we have been looking at  camera movement. So my group was set the task to go out and attempt to recreate these movements effectively. In the paragraphs below I shall explain how they used and a description on the movement its self. 

1.Panning 

Panning is where the camera moves horizontally across the scene but does not move from the tripod. In the clip below our group had a go at panning. In this clip you can see the camera move across the bench and past Abel in the middle of the bench. This kind of movement is used to set the scene and gives you an idea of the character and the kind of mood or personality they have.

2.Zoom

Zoom is where the camera does not move instead you use the zoom function on the camera. In the clip my group zoomed in on paddy from which we went from a medium shot to a close up. Zooming is normally used to show something shocking or create tension. Another way zooming can be used effectively is by moving the camera towards the character in shot and zooming out at the same time this widens the background yet keeps the character central and appears as that they have not moved and example of this is in the movie "Jaws" (below).

3. Tilt

Tilt is use to show power and is performed by the camera moving vertical, this shot is very similar to panning but vertical not horizontal. I the shot below we tilted up from Abels feet till we could see his face, a problem we encountered was that the bright light from the sky behind him made the camera change the lighting in the video which made Able go dark so that we could not see him.

4. Crabbing

Crabbing is where the camera moves horizontally and normally follows the actor across the scene. In the shot we attempted we did not have the right equipment to create a smooth shot. Crabbing is normaly used to follow the character while he/she is moving this removes the need to cut the scene in to multiple shots .

5.Long shot

Long shots are used to shoe the area that the characters are in or to give a better perspective of the scene. In this shot we attempted a long shot where you can see Paddy running away from Abel in this scene you can tell they are in a field and near a tree line at the edge of the field.