In my Preliminary Task a couple are breaking up after their relationship just hasn't been working for a while. It starts with the boyfriend walking into the canteen to sit down and speak to his girlfriend who looks rather confused and troubled. The tone is meant to be calm and depressing. The boyfriend does not take the news well and hits her can of drink onto the floor before storming out. We recorded the can from 2 different angles (Match on Action) which took many takes to make it look as if we only recorded it once as it was hard to hit an object into the same direction twice. The actors were Robin Priest and Rebecca Hudgell and I recorded and edited the footage.
During the conversation we used a reverse shot to show both their facial expressions as they talked. When the boyfriend first touched her hand she moved away and he said "whats wrong?" but we didn't show his face, this gave an effect that something wasn't right and made the audience want to see their reactions and their faces.
We decided not to cut to much of the background noise out as we wanted to create a busy canteen atmosphere as if this was all in front of a lot of people and the boyfriend was creating a scene rather than just have them sat in an empty canteen. The non diegetic music also added the effect of anger and frustration from the boyfriend as he stormed off through the double doors.
That was my first group but due to people leaving the school I had to form another new group and this is Our Preliminary Task:
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