Prelim Task

We used a short script of people pressuring the other person to do something. Our group chose, in a previous planning lesson, for this to be setting a fire alarm off at school. We got an actor and actress and asked them to read the script out. We filmed the whole thing in wide shot like we talked about when we practiced using the camera. We then got behind the shoulder shots of both the actors/actress so that the audience could see what the character was seeing. This would perhaps make them feel tense as if they were also being pressurised. Or feel sorry for the person being pressurised. We also did close ups of their faces in parts to make it more exaggerated and tense. As well as faces we did a close up of the actress nervously fiddling with her jumper. This would give a sense of tension yet again, showing that she really didn’t want to set the alarm off.  We also used a close up of the alarm, ready to cut the film and place the shots we want next to each other to create juxtaposition.