2(Shots x16 + Everybody)

        This past few months my teacher has been constantly providing us with tools and information that will expand our knowledge on some key elements to film making. So I would like to take some time and dedicate a blog posting to things I want to implement into my opening. I would like to begin with one of the most valuable things we have learned when it comes to storytelling, make me care. Why should the audience care about what they are watching? Why should they stay towards the end to find out? Questions like these are essential when telling a story, which is what we are doing. Like I talked about in one of my earliest blog postings there has to be a promise made. This promise will grab the audience’s attention and will make them wonder how it will turn out. Plus since our genre is drama it is very important that we follow this convention: drama is anticipation driven by uncertainty as Andrew Stanton best put it in his Ted Talk “The clues to a great story”.
         However, in order to do this there are various things Pearse and I need to focus on when filming. To begin with I would like to talk about some of the shots Pearse and I will be using in our opening and why. I will also dedicate a blog posting to a script we made that includes every scene and the shots used in those scenes. We first want to start with an establishing shot because it is a common shot to begin with in teen dramas as I discussed before. We want to have a high amount of close ups and medium shots as well as quick pace editing in various scenes so our amateur side is hidden by the change of angle.
           The reason we want to use medium shots is to build intimacy between the main character and the audience. It is also a shot were the character is the main center of attention, and since we are actually more focused on the character “telling” the story rather than the background it is a more useful shot for us.

*Medium shot of the movie The Hobbit

           The close up shots will be used to show the actions the characters are making it when it could be unclear in shots that are farther away. As well as to change from a medium shot that could get boring to the audience. This close up will fill most of the frame on what we are shooting and it would be smarter for us to do this with the cameras we have. This is because the cameras we have have higher resolution in closer shots than further away.  

*Close up shot in the movie The Shinning

         Another shot would two shot because we want to show the relationship of characters in the same shot and allow the audience to see the contrast of how the main character acts with her parent compared to her friends.

*Two shot of the movie Harry Potter, just kidding Pulp Fiction lol

 I will be sure to post our shot list soon. Bye guys!

Andrew Stanton's Ted Talk :https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_story?language=en