21.04.2025 - 15.05.2025 / Week 1 - Week 4
Chika Clarissa Widjaja / 0378636
Video & Sound Production / Bachelors of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
EXERCISES
- INSTRUCTIONS
- LECTURES
- EXERCISES
- FEEDBACK
- REFLECTION
Camera Angles
Eye-Level Shot is the most natural one, showing the subject as we’d normally see them.
High Angle Shot looks down on the subject, making them seem smaller or weaker.
Low Angle Shot looks up at the subject, often making them seem powerful or important.
Shoulder-Level Shot is filmed at shoulder height, which is a bit lower than eye level and makes the actor look more realistic.
Hip-Level Shot has the camera placed around waist height.
Knee-Level Shot puts the camera down near the subject's knees.
Ground-Level Shot is right at ground level, giving a low, dramatic view.
Bird’s Eye View / Overhead Shot is taken from way above, looking straight down.
Aerial Shot is like a Bird’s Eye View but usually wider, showing a big area from high up using a drone or helicopter.
Dutch Tilt / Dutch Angle slants the camera to the side, which makes things feel strange or off-balance.
Shot Size
Extreme Wide Shot (ELS) makes your subject look small or alone and focuses more on the location.
Wide Shot (WS) / Long Shot (LS) shows a full person but still leaves lots of background space.
Full Shot (FS) fills the frame with your subject while still showing some scenery.
Medium Wide Shot (MWS) / Medium Long Shot (MLS) frames the person from about the knees up.
Cowboy Shot frames the subject from around the mid-thighs up—common in Westerns.
Medium Shot (MS) is super common; it shows the person from the waist up.
Medium Close-Up (MCU) frames the chest up, which still gives some distance but focuses more on the person.
Close-Up (CU) fills the screen with a part of the subject (usually the face), good for showing emotion.
Extreme Close-Up (ECU) zooms in really tight on something small like an eye or mouth.
Establishing Shot is usually the first shot in a scene that shows where everything is happening.
Framing
Single Shot shows one person in the frame. If it’s a “Dirty Single,” someone else is partly visible, like over-the-shoulder.
Two Shot (2-Shot) has two characters in one frame—great for dialogue or comedy scenes.
Three Shot (3-Shot) fits three characters in the frame, often seen in group adventure scenes.
Over-the-Shoulder Shot (OTS) is filmed behind one person, focusing on the other, common in conversations.
Over-the-Hip Shot (OTH) puts the camera behind someone’s hip—less common but still useful.
Point of View Shot (POV) shows exactly what a character is seeing, putting the audience in their shoes.
Composition Techniques
Rule of Thirds uses a 3x3 grid to place important stuff where the lines cross—makes shots look balanced.
Balance and Symmetry means things are even or mirrored in the shot, often used to show control or power.
Leading Lines are real or imaginary lines in the shot that direct the viewer’s eyes to something important.
Eye-Level Framing puts the viewer at the same level as the character, making us feel equal to them.
Depth of Field is about how much of the shot is in focus—changing this can make certain things stand out.
Deep Space Composition uses space from front to back in a scene, even if parts aren’t in focus, to add depth.
- Hook: The compelling opening that captures audience interest, leading to questions about the story.
- Inciting Event: Occurs around 12% in, introducing the initial conflict and offering a choice to engage with it.
- First Plot Point: At roughly 25%, this moment signifies a commitment to the journey and transitions into Act 2.
- First Pinch Point: Around 37%, introduces the first major obstacle emphasizing stakes and antagonistic forces.
- Midpoint: Midway through the film, this crucial moment shifts character perspectives and elevates stakes, often marked by significant revelations or actions.
- Second Pinch Point: About 62%, further escalates the conflict, deepens character stakes, and prepares for the climax.
- Third Plot Point: Occurs around 75% in, character experiences a false victory before facing a low moment, leading to a critical struggle.
- Climax: The final confrontation that decides the outcome of the protagonist's goal, culminating character arcs.
- Resolution: Follows the climax, showing characters' growth and tying up loose ends in the narrative
- Importance: Provides a structured yet flexible framework for storytelling, allowing for creativity while guiding emotional transformations within characters.
- Drawings, sketches, reference images or photographs to represent each frame.
- A description of the shot — any relevant information on the action, dialogue, or composition.
- Shot specs — shot size, lens length, two-shot, etc.
- Arrows to indicate camera and/or character movement or how each shot connects to the next.
Traditional vs. Thumbnail Storyboard
- An animation storyboard and animatics are fundamental steps, not just to refine the specific animation and movements but to craft story beats and character behavior at the same time.
Week 4:
The Five Phases of Film Development
Development:
This is the initial phase, where everything begins with a basic concept or story idea. During this stage, the producer starts assembling the core elements of the project — such as the script, possible cast members, and a director. They also begin exploring ways to finance the film, which could involve pre-sales, private backers, or securing loans to cover production costs.
Pre-Production:
This phase focuses on preparing everything needed before filming begins. It includes tasks like finalizing the budget, hiring the crew, and designing how each scene will be shot. The team creates tools like storyboards and shot lists to help visualize the film in advance and make sure everyone is on the same page.
Production:
This is the stage where actual filming takes place. Each day, a schedule called a call sheet is distributed so the cast and crew know what scenes are being filmed and who is required. Equipment like lights and cameras are set up, and departments like makeup and costume work to get actors ready. Once all preparations are done, the scenes are recorded.
Post-Production:
After all the footage is captured, it moves into editing. This stage includes trimming and arranging the clips, fine-tuning the audio, and adding elements like visual effects or CGI if necessary. Editors work to ensure everything flows well and the movie looks and sounds professional.
Distribution:
With the film fully completed, the final step is getting it out to viewers. This involves marketing and releasing the movie to the public. While major studios often collaborate with distribution companies, indie filmmakers might rely on film festivals or alternative platforms to showcase their work.
Week 5:
- Setting and Location:
- Physical Space: The environment where the action takes place, whether it's a realistic setting like a living room or an abstract, symbolic space.
- Time Period: The era in which the story is set, influencing costumes, props, and set design.
- Props and Objects:Items used by characters or present in the scene that can symbolize themes, indicate character traits, or advance the plot.
- Costume and Makeup: Clothing and makeup that reflect a character’s personality, social status, occupation, or psychological state.
- Lighting: The use of light and shadow to create mood, highlight specific elements, and guide the audience’s focus. For example, high-contrast lighting can create a dramatic or tense atmosphere.
- Composition and Framing: How elements are arranged within the frame or on stage, including camera angles in film or the positioning of actors in theater. This affects how the audience perceives relationships and power dynamics.
- Performance and Acting: The actors’ physical movements, facial expressions, and interactions contribute significantly to the mise en scène, conveying emotions and subtext.
- Color Palette: The selection of colors used in costumes, sets, and lighting can evoke specific emotions or symbolize thematic elements.
- Spatial Relationships: The distance and arrangement between characters and objects, which can indicate intimacy, conflict, or hierarchy.
- Exercise 1: Shooting Practice & Editing
- Low angle Wide shot
- Frontal MCU (soft background)
- Frontal MS (soft background)
- Extreme Close-Up shot
- Side angle MS (soft background)
- ¾ angling MCU shot (with blurry/soft foreground)
- Close-Up shot
- Eye-Level Medium-Wide shot.
Based on Lalin and Everything Everywhere All At Once,
1. Which part is act 1, act 2, act 3 respectively? Describe each act with ONE paragraph only.
2. What is the inciting incident in the movie?
3. What is the midpoint scene in the movie?
4. What is the Climax scene in the movie?
5.What is the theme of the movie?
Everything Everywhere All At Once
1. Act Breakdown
Act 1:
Evelyn’s life is all over the place. She’s got the
laundromat, family stress, taxes, just nonstop pressure.
Then her husband suddenly starts acting weird and tells her
about the multiverse, which flips her entire reality.
Act 2:
She jumps into all these different universes and sees
versions of herself that are totally different. Then she
finds out the villain messing everything up is actually her
daughter, Joy, which makes it all way more personal and
emotional.
Act 3:
Instead of fighting, Evelyn decides to handle things with
love and understanding. She reconnects with Joy, and it’s
all about accepting each other. That’s how she fixes
everything, not with power, but by caring.
2. Inciting Incident
It’s when Waymond switches personalities and tells Evelyn
about the multiverse. That’s when her normal life officially
gets thrown out the window.
3. Midpoint Scene
When Evelyn learns about the everything bagel and realizes
Joy just wants to feel something real. It changes how she
sees the situation.
4. Climax Scene
Evelyn finally stops pushing Joy away and tells her she
still wants to be with her. That’s when everything comes
together.
5. Theme
The movie’s really about how important love and connection
are, even when everything feels meaningless or messy.
Lalin
1. Act Breakdown
Act 1:
Lalin moves to Japan to leave behind the bullying she faced
because of her acne. She wears a mask all the time and tries
to stay hidden from people. It feels like she’s starting
over, but not really being herself.
Act 2:
She becomes kinda famous online without showing her face.
Everyone thinks she’s super cool, but she still doesn’t feel
good enough. She’s living two separate lives and it’s
clearly taking a toll.
Act 3:
Eventually someone sees her real face and doesn’t treat her
any differently. That helps her start to accept herself for
who she is, even if she’s not “perfect”.
2. Inciting Incident
When she begins posting on social media and gets attention,
that’s what starts her whole online persona and changes her
path.
3. Midpoint Scene
She’s super popular online but still scared to go outside
without a mask. It shows she’s still trapped in her
insecurity even though people like her image.
4. Climax Scene
Someone sees her face and doesn’t freak out or treat her
badly. That moment helps her start to feel okay in her own
skin.
5. Theme
The short film is all about learning to be okay with
yourself and realizing you don’t need to hide to be
accepted.
- Deep Focus-FG : MCU, BG: Full Body
- O.S on M.S
- O.S on M.W.S
- Tight M.S
- Tight M.S Side Angle
Storyboard Quiz
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