What an AS foundation portfolio production pitch should include

Synopsis: Punch paragraph to spark enthusiasm

Example: Present day setting of a ghost story set un children's home, which slowly uncovers a dark truth

Mood board: A range of images

People with abnormalities (often classed as freaks) moodboard-inspirational pictures

Lighting terms

Key light: The main source of light in a photograph of film
                  e.g. Sun, candle

Fill light: A supplementary light used in photography or filming that doesn't change the character of the main light and is used chiefly to lighten shadows
                   adding to the light

Backlight: Illumination from behind
                   separates the subject from the background shows importance/power/vulnerability 

Ambient (sets the scene)/Naturalistic (natural)/Artificial (fake)/Low key (not really standing out): Any source of light that isn't explicitly supplied by the photographer
                   sets the scene~Ambient

Chiaroscuro (Juxtaposition): An effect of contrasted light and shadow

Accent light/spotlight: A lamp projecting a narrow, intense beam of light directly onto a place or person, especially a performer on stage
                   focusses attention

Ambient and key light example

Backlight example

Opening sequences

 This is one example of an opening sequence in the Corpse Bride. It gives an insight to the time period, setting a main characters of the scene. It also portrays the characters attitudes by the way they interact with the butterfly in order to show the audience which are the good and bad characters without revealing any of the storyline. Sadly this clip uses different music to that originally used in the opening sequence, but the music used originally at first creates a slow and whimsical atmosphere which later becomes a little faster in tempo and gives off and old fashioned theme. The original music is included below the clip in order to demonstrate the points I noted on it. The colour theme of this opening sequence is monochrome with little bursts of colour such as on the butterfly to draw our attention to it.

Storyboard+Rule of thirds

In making a storyboard we made two attempts. The first was incorrect as although it portrayed the storyline intended, it went against the rule of thirds and was too centred so we drew up another, this time making sure nothing shot was in the centre.

Rule of thirds: the rule of making sure nothing in the shot is directly in the centre and is a little off.

Different shots and camera movement

 Different shots and camera movement

In this scene the different camera shots and movements include:

~shaky camera before truck

~close-ups to show desperation and tension

~ariel views and long shots to show the 'awesome' stunts

~lots of different shots to make it dramatic

~panning

~no close-ups between charecters to show un-close relationship

~camera moving with movements of character-hand hold

~long shot-emphasis to scale up the scene-risk

~reverse angle-poihnt of view of the character (point of view)

~medium close-up-emphasis of the threat

~birds eye view of explosion-involvement

~boom-emphasise drama





Film shots

Different Camera Shots