Homework!

We were given homework after the lecture (week three), to watch a movie or episode and see if they follow these rules (shown in the blog before this) and the camera shots.

i chose to watch and episode of the old Australian drama, Blue heelers (actually i chose the first episode of the series). I focused on one scene, at the beginning where three of the main characters meet for the first time. When introducing these three characters close ups were used (for all three). An establishing shot (the long shot to show where) was used after first introducing the first two characters (mainly in order to bring in the third character and explain what the other two were doing. This establishing shot worked hard it showed where, when, why and how (two policemen radaring cars along the highway in the afternoon). This scene very much kept to the four rules as it showed the third charcter in her car. The camera was set so that the car framed her while keeping her in a close up but to the side of the camera with room to move. In all the rules were effective in adding to the meaning of that scene.
Sarmi Salami