Main Task Shot List

1. Close up on alarm clock.

2. Hand on alarm clock.

3. Midshot of Theo getting out of bed.

4. Close up on Theo's feet in slippers

5. Over the shoulder shot.

6. Close up on hand picking up clock.

7. Over the shoulder shot.

8. Close up on clock.

9. High angle shot of Theo on bed and standing up.

10. Behind shot of standing up.

11-17. Different close ups of Theo getting ready.

18. Walking out of the room.

19. Close up on hand opening door.

20. Front shot of Theo walking out of door.

21. Midshot walking down the stairs

22. Midshot walking into the room with Cat.

23. Midshot walking out of first door.

24. High angle shot of Theo opening second door.

25. Front long shot of Theo walking out of the front door.

26. Close up on side of Martins face.

27. Midshot of Martin and Theo walking down the road.

Production Treatment for Main Task

Opening of a short film -

Genre - Social Realism

Title - Life

Duration - 2 minutes

Audience - Females 16-28

Resume - Theo lies in bed, his alarm clock goes off and he jumps out and gets in the shower, then brushes his teeth. He goes back into his room and starts to get ready and puts on some jeans and t-shirt. (voice over starts) He is rushing because he is late for job interview. He runs out the house and grabs a piece of toast off the table and opens the front door and walks out. Theo then walks down the street until the camera cannot see him anymore. END

Suggested Elements - Performance - Theo is getting ready for a job interview.

Costumes - Jeans and T-shirt for the interview

Props - Toast,Clothes,Alarm clock and Old takeaway box.

Key locations - Martins house and Martins road

Title and Opening Credits - Life.

Credits fade in and out of different camera shots.

Shooting Schedule
Day 1 - Martins house : Opening scene of alarm clock and Theo in bed and getting up.
Day 2 - Martins house : Shots of Theo getting changed and walking out of bedroom.
Day 3 - Martins house : Scene with Cat
Day 4 - Martins road : Scene with Martin
Day 5 - Quinney Cresent : Scene between Cat and Ethan / Martin and Theo walking round the corner
Day 6 - Alex Park : Fight scene

Eternal Sunshine Of the Spotless Mind - Screen Shots

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine Of the Spotless Mind is a Drama directed by Michel Gondry who also directed films such as 'Be Kind Rewind' and 'The Green Hornet' and was released in 2004. It includes well known actors such as Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. The film is about a couple that undergo's a procedure to erase each other from each others memories when there relationship goes bad. They discover through the loss of each other what they had in the first place.

The naration of the opening brings out the realism of the piece as it gives an insight as to what is going on in Jim Careys life. The events that he is narrating are the events happening on valentines day. The voice over he does creates a feeling realism to the opening of the film because he is talking about what he is thinking at the time and it flows with the sequence. In the opening sequence, there are only 4 locations used which are all linked well together which creates standard continuity editing. There are camera angles used create this se-realism and realism, for example some of the shots at the train station, when he is running down the stairs its a high angle shot but also a close up revealing the back ground. The camera is sometimes looks hand held, which creates the realism to the opening scene. The end shots is of Jim Carey and Kate Winslet on the beach, this shows that something more is going to happen between the two as the voice over of Jim Carey is saying "If only I could meet someone new, i guess my chances of that are some what diminished, seeing that i'm incapable of making eye contact with the women i don't know."

Preliminary Evaluation

What did you learn about the cameras and editing software during the preliminary task?

Our group learnt about the video editing software "Final Cut Pro" also known as "FCP". As a group we learnt how to use the software in a suitable and appropriate manner. This enhanced our groups prelim task to be exceptionally well edited to high standards. In addition during the prelim task our group also managed how to match cuts good.

In the filming and editing of your project , what worked well and what could have been improved?

During the filming and editing of our project the transitions could of been improved. Our continuity editing worked well. Also we used the 180 degree rule while making our prelim task look professional. We think that the shot reverse shot ran smoothly as the conversation went on time with the camera positioning, We also think that the close up of the hand was edited particularly well, We did have our downsides though, our group did not conduct them selves appropriately whilst filming the conversation as a result of this doesn't sound as professional as the other part of our production.

Give a detailed, specific example of how you used shot/reverse shot combination in your film

we used shot/reverse shot while creating our prelim task. The way we did this was by filming the conversation between Theo and Martin. One all the way through over Martin's right shoulder and then all the way through again but over Theo's left shoulder. While doing this we did not break the 180 degree rule. After we filmed the conversation we edited it on final cut pro to create the shot/reverse shot.

Give a detailed, specific example of how you achieved match cuts during the editing process

We achieved match cuts by repeatedly shooting the same footage from precise positioning on various locations. Our editing took place on final cut pro our match cuts create a linear narrative continuity and we learnt how to do match cuts by watching previous groups and speaking to higher level students for information which would benefit our work. We watched through all of our filming and carefully selected ones which would match well with others to achieve match cuts to perfection.

How do you make sure that you didn't break the 180 degree rule ? Or if you broke it what have you learn't from this ?

We managed to avoid breaking the 180 degree rule by simply following the over the shoulder rule (left on right/right on left shoulder) during the conversation between Martin and Theo. Also we managed to reduce the risk of breaking the rule by panning certain shots carefully.

Prelim Task