Preliminary task idea plan

1. Preliminary Task Idea Plan – ‘Planning’
Checklist:
1. Obey the 180 degree rule
2. Match on action
3. Shot-reverse-shot
For my preliminary task I will show two people having a conversation organising going to a concert,
discussing transport and timings. The scene will openshowing a corridor just as the two characters
enter facing the viewer, then the camera will cut to follow them from behind (panning) as they go
througha door(match on action).The twowillbe inthe middleof aconversationalreadyastheywalk
down the corridor and enter a room, sitting down at a table (two shot). Theywill get out books and
pens and start working while continuing talking (shot-reverse-shot, subjective point of view/over the
shoulder,180 degree rule).Whenone characterasksthe otherif theyhave printedtheirtickets,there
will be silence and the camera will show one characters eyes, then the other’s (extreme close up),
before the silence is broken and the shot broadens again as the dialogue continues (two shot).
Actors: Rosie Patton and Zoe Mayall
Locations: Downstairs English corridor, EN02
Shots: extreme long shot, medium shot, two shot, match-on-action, wide shot, subjective point of
view (over-the-shoulder), shot-reverse-shot and extreme close up.
Duration: Planned to last 62 seconds but will most likely be longer due to dialogue