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Preliminary Task 5 - Camera Workshop

The workshop was held at IIM studio, where we were told to finalize our shots and make a list of shots that we felt difficult, as I was the cinematographer it was very important for me to practice the shots that I felt difficult. It made it clear for our group that what were the shots that we wanted to select. After practicing some shots, we got to know what shots were possible for me to take at that location and the shots that helped us to depict the message through it. 

Other than practicing and deciding what to do, we even learned about portable microphone such as portable microphone from a company named “Hollyland”. We learned that we could use it to record clear sound from long distance.

Source: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nepal.ubuy.com%2Fen%2Fproduct%2F55WIOQ5XG-hollyland-lark-m1-wireless-lavalier-microphone-system-with-charging-case-656ft-8h-dual-channel-lapel-mic-compatible-with-iphone-camera-youtube-video&psig=AOvVaw2-EI2htgFOBwhCz3BWbwpA&ust=1673894077788000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCNiO9YidyvwCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

We even got to know about different types of mics like Boom, Shotgun, Omnidirectional mics.

Source: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.musicsequencing.com%2Farticle%2F4-types-of-microphones%2F&psig=AOvVaw0Ej3u-pYcnmllvMWHQhZRs&ust=1673894160839000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCOCKkOybyvwCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

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Pre-Production 4: Master Breakdown

Master Breakdown helps us keep a track of who are the characters, what are the props, what’s the location, costumes and much more in the scene. Master Breakdown helps us make our work efficient and save our time, as we know what we are going to do beforehand.

Link to Master Breakdown: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GDIz3hhO93WoPmhAkYluSbT1MWhnRXms1Pqcss8YFn0/edit?usp=sharing

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Pre-Production 3: Screenplay

We came up with the screenplay as it helped us make scene run smoothly. It will even help the characters knowing what their dialogs are and when do they have to speak. Overall screenplay gave us a clear idea on how the short film is going to play and in what order.

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Pre-Production 2: Actors presentation

In pre-production we made an actor’s presentation as it would help the actors to know what is expected from them as they could get a clear idea. It even helped us find the characters that matched the description and mainly we got the visuals that what our character would look in the costumes and the actor and the mise-un-scene don’t clash.

Link of actor’s presentation: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFOwGVhIsA/80ukUxj1mvjEX2fOT93t4w/view?utm_content=DAFOwGVhIsA&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

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Pre-Production 1: Synopsis (producers, actors and crew to understand)

Synopsis,

Three friends - Sharav, Mayan and Avivi wander around a rumored haunted building after facing intense boredom and - right before giving up on the plan and returning back home because they discover that it was just a rumor - they encounter a thrilling crime scene. Shocked to their guts, they run out to seek help but, to their dismay, there is no trace of the crime ever taking place when they return with the passerbys around. As they try to convince the strangers on the road that it wasn't just a prank, they are faced with an even bigger shock Will they be able to save themselves, or will they be the ones to haunt the building now? 

To conclude the story revolves around three friends and what happens after they find a dead body and what all happens with them!

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Research and Planning 4: Creating a sense of Branding

I have taken different products of same company “Bella Vita Luxury” and done my own branding for it. 

The link to my Instagram page: https://instagram.com/bella.vita.luxury?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM=

In the above link you would find the product and what branding have I done. Even as I am a cinematographer with the knowledge of camera and lighting, I was able to take pictures of my product, which added value to it and made it more appealing to buy. Branding means introducing a product with its own unique identity and as of Bella Vita Luxury it’s unique selling point is its affordable price range which gives it a competitive edge over others in the perfume market.

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Research and Planning 3: Rough Story

Facade

As of summary of the story is three friends and their mysterious experience with the haunted house as the place where they are turns into a crime scene and what happens next shocks all of them! The story keeps revolving around how and what happened at the crime scene and what consequences will they face due to it.

Link to rough story: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jwm4lZgemXu-kFIMXmc-J1dJW0TaZM73DqSvNeOjT9w/edit?usp=sharing

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Research and Planning 2: Examples of movies with similar genre

The genre “Thriller” means a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure, or suspense. The genre also divides into different types like, Phycological thriller, Suspense thriller and more.

Some movies that we referred to are:

1. Knives Out

Synopsis:  The circumstances surrounding the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey are mysterious, but there's one thing that renowned Detective Benoit Blanc knows for sure everyone in the wildly dysfunctional Thrombey family is a suspect. Now, Blanc must sift through a web of lies and red herrings to uncover the truth.

2. Death on the Nile

Synopsis:  Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

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Types of Narrators

The Narrator is the fictional construct the author has created to tell the story through. It’s the point of view the story is coming from.

Types of Narrators:

First Person Narrator: The person reading their own story. Example: Parasite (2019). Second Person Narrator: Where someone narrates from somewhere. Example: The Wizard of Oz. Limited Third: Or the third person perspective is similar to 2nd person perspective, it only narrates what happening on the scene. Example: Harry Potter’s books. Omniscient: The narrator who knows everything from the start. Example: The Shawshank Redemption. Unreliable: The narrator that shares untrue or unreliable information. Example: Fight Club. Fly on the wall: Narrator is the object in the frame. Example: Family Guy.

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Meet Cute

Meet Cute means a cute, charming, or amusing first encounters between romantic partners; example: in a movie, it’s a meet cute where they fall immediately in love, her: because he is handsome; him because she forgets a pen to write with.

Pull / Pull — the characters are instantly and mutually attracted to each other. Example: Romeo and Juliet. Their love lives become restrained and supperesed. 

Push / Push — the characters are instantly and mutually disinterested in each other. Example: When Harry met Sally (1989). Harry and Sally meet again and again, and the years go by.

Push / Pull — one character is instantly attracted but the other character is disinterested. Example: Comet (2014), it’s when Dell saves Stephanie’s life when a car almost hits her.

Neutral / Nervous — one character awkwardly tries to hide their attraction while the other character is oblivious to the situation. Example: Elevator scene from 500 days of summer (2009). Tom is nervous because a pretty girl is with his presence. Summer casually talks to him about The Smiths.

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Presenting Presentations

In this task we had to present our Actors presentation and Producers presentation to our professor and classmates. In this we introduced our characters sketch as in what type of characters are we expecting, what would be their costumes, etc. This helped me develop the skill of working in team and distributing tasks among each other for smooth flow of presentation.

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Narrating a Story

The task was all about understanding and presenting our story to our professor and classmates, as it helped us knowing what we could improve, get feedbacks from others. It even improved our storytelling skills as, how effectively we were able to present our story to the audience. It helped us know what is audiences perspective and what do they expect and thats how we made changes in our story to make it more appealing.

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Past Experience

Just a year back I worked on an opening scene of the film as my task for AS Levels. 

In this task I had no experience with sequence of how a media product is made and what is the role of a cinematographer, but after shooting this opening scene, it helped get familiar with the shots and develop my own perspective on how I want to showcase the film.

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Introduction

Hello! Welcome to my blog, I am Harshil Nirav Furia studying in grade A level at MET Rishikul Vidyalaya. I am the cinematographer of my group for the second year, I have enjoyed the process of cinematography and has still been interesting for me. In this process I have constantly kept improving myself and improving mt skills. Talking about skills I learned how to manage time, managing different types of people, learning how to use a camera, as of how to take different types of shots and much more. Overall, I have improved myself in the course of studying Media Studies and largely benefited from it.