Analysis of our model of audience
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Preliminary task from Joe White on Vimeo.
For our preliminary task we were required to film and edit a character opening a door, crossing a room, sitting in a chair opposite another character and exchanging several lines of dialogue with them. In this clip we were required to utilise the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot reverse shot as elements of continuity editing (all described previously in the continuity editing slide show posted earlier on this blog) which this clip utilises in the conversation. This preliminary task is also partially related to our main task, in context it is a scene in which a scientist who is developing the zombie virus goes to speak to his mysterious, sinister boss regarding it, and could be included in a DVD extra or as a deleted scene on our film's release.
These are locations and actors involved in our preliminary task, in which a scientist (the lead male for our main piece) will have a conversation with his boss regarding the unknown virus he is developing (setting the scene for our main piece and the film).
The set-up of the "office" in which the scene takes place.
The stage used for the "office" scene prior to setting up props and lighting.
The "boss" of the anonymous institute who plays a role in the preliminary task.
Zombies in the main task may also wear suits or formal clothing (but ruined/ripped)
to create a verismillitude of the institute and its business-focused nature.
The male scientist who is the lead character for the preliminary clip and our main task.
The lab coat and ID tag are key to our mise en scene and verismillitude as a key theme
of the zombie film would be isolation and being "trapped" in the institute - as shown by the
ID the characters are kept under close watch due to their work.
The labcoat and ID tag may be used on other scientist characters or zombies in the main piece to again convey the theme of being trapped in the clip.
This door is used as the entrance to the office in our preliminary task. A different sign was used rather than the hand-drawn one for a convincing mise en scene to set the professional tone of the institute.
Zombie horror codes and conventions
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Some research into the codes and conventions of our selected genre: Horror (specifically Zombie Horror)