Friday, February 3, 2012

OTS Project





Well my group really didn't plan out the script we just pooled all of our ideas and just chose my emotionless idea. I had to explain to my group alot about how this could be emotionless but still work.

Yes because when you have to put both the back of someone's head and the speakers head on the camera it kind of just aligns to the rule of thirds all by itself

The OTS creates the characters initial impression of friendship it a serious conversation because it just shows two people talking instead of a whole group.


The dialogue was pretty realistic because of the way we were apathetic about the news and the lines we were given. The only challenge we faced was editing one part where it showed I was chewing gum also in the bloopers we had to edit out the bad word and it was hard to catch the exact beggining and the end of a single word.

The mood that we were going for was apathy because it was a conversation between two teenagers and the fact that we had no emeotion about a very exciting piece of news made it a little funny. Also getting the reaction shot proved difficult since we were going for apathy. We. Accomplished the mood of apathy by using the looks of boredom we normally have in classes and using them for this video.


Personally I like using the over the shoulders shot because it can be used for so much more than just dialog between two people. If done right it could be used be used for a casual conversation between a large group of friends r used to view a landscape over the shoulder of a character to yive the feeling that audience is there wih the character instead of using a POV shot.

Many of my ideas were emphasized through this activity because I could use this shot for a fighting scene between two people or a shot of a person's experiance with a situation it to see what the character is working on.

1 comment:

  1. OTS Exercise Evaluation
    1. Shots framed with rule of thirds in mind (2 pts poss.). 1
    2. Two-shot establishes scene (1pt. poss.) 1
    "3. The reaction shot is planned and placed to emphasize a character’s feeling about what is going
    on (2pts. poss.)" 2
    4. The lines are delivered and the film is edited to convey a clear mood (1pt. poss.). 1
    "5. Edits are well-placed, recreating the natural pace of the
    dialogue. (2pts. poss.)" 2
    "6. Title and credits are complete, spelled correctly, and
    within “safe” zone. (2pts. poss.)" 2

    REFLECTION
    "1. Describe how your group planned your shots. What
    realizations did you make about the kind of planning that
    needs to happen BEFORE you shoot? (2pts. poss.)" 1
    "2. Look at the composition of your over the shoulder shots.
    Did you follow the rule of thirds? Why or why not? (2pts. poss.)" 1
    "3. What IMPRESSIONS do the over the shoulder shots create
    about the characters? How does this work?
    (2pts. poss.)
    " 2
    "4. How realistic does the dialogue seem in the final edit? What challenges did you have in editing?
    (2pts. poss.)
    " 2
    "5. Is there a dominant mood or tone to your video?
    What is that mood or tone? How did you accomplish this? (2pts. poss.)" 2
    "6. What other observations do you have about using
    over the shoulder shots? (2pts. poss.)(e.c.)" 2

    "7. What other ideas got emphasized or reinforced about
    how to make effective videos from doing this
    exercise? (2pts. poss.) (e.c.)" 0

    19 /20 pts.

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