Orkena's Media GCSE Blog

  WWW: This is a good preliminary exercise that largely meets the brief – I like the opening shot of the phone with the camera movement into close-up signalling the importance of the phone call to the narrative. The audio is clear and the pacing of the conversation is a strength – the call feels quite naturally timed which is not easy to edit. You’ve also faded the music up and down effectively to keep the dialogue audible. EBI: A few comments to consider for the real coursework – the audio is clear but perhaps the dialogue or performance could have differentiated between the two characters to make it easier for the audience to understand what was going on? I don’t like the text on screen and you want to try and tell stories without relying on text – you also won’t be able to use it for the real coursework as it’s a 2 minute extract from the end of an episode of the drama. Without the text you are under the 30 second brief but not by too much. Overall, this is a good lesson in filming

    Script  -  Paranoia     Setting mc in ‘abandoned’ building/rooms looking for something, camera pans across the room  revealing mc     in   search .                                                  Mc:  urghh ..  Where is it                               (Phone rings, camera  close up  on phone ringing. Medium  close up  on mc answering phone.)     Mc: hey... I still  can't  find the stupid necklace     ( 2 nd  character)     2c:  remember  its  got brown pearls and is small, this is very  important  and you know why, so please find it quickly!     Mc:im  trying! This place is so  dark  so I  have to  use my flashlight.   ( worried  tone)     2c: okay fine but- LAYLA SOMETHING IS COMING INSIDE... IT DOESNT LOOK  HAPPY!     (Camera pans to second characters scene- second character standing facing the abandoned building- view of the back of their head.)     ( camera  back to room scene,  close up  on mc face)     Mc: what do u mean somethings coming in! I still  haven't  found