Blog 14: Project 2_A development on the video

We had a meeting today on the Digital Video Project where we had a look at the video cut to date which looks very good. In summary the plot was about a guy who walked out of his house, got the bus, lost his wallet, pass machine out of order, went for tea, no money, clip then shows someone picking up the wallet and going through the guys cards, at the end there is a focus on the guys college id card. I have an idea on the development of the plot which would add more scenes to the film: this is where I would find the cards that were on the ground and return them to the estates office/ if seen the entire scenario chases the person who dropped them. There could be obstacles of crossing a busy road, waiting for  a break in the traffic and watching the card owner disappear in the distance.  During this time there would be scenes of a person moving through the spaces and places with various perceptions along the way. It could end with the return of the cards to the guy or maybe they are just left on a shelf and forgotten about.

For the project requirements of moving through cinematic space the continuity of time of day would be important. I think this idea would be good in terms of: a clear beginning and middle development which are already completed and to put the idea I am talking about in the finding and returning of the cards as the third part of this process which is the end/resolution. This would also involve a character moving through interior and exterior space. Multiple locations could be included with continuity from the earlier shots of the college environment and bus stop etc. Expressions and reactions of the person finding, reading and returning of the lost cards.

In technical terms this could include requirements for the “cutting on action: before action, after action, entrance/exit, look off, reaction, visual linkage.”

Scene strategies: cutaway: where  the camera focuses off the person onto the cards on the ground, picking them up and the scenes that ensue.

Lines of action can be varied with changes in sight lines.

POV shots: this could be a 2/3 shot sequence where the person who finds the cards are looking at them (the POV shot itself) and their reaction to this.

A change of direction shot could be where this person would change direction where perhaps they were also getting a bus and after finding the cards changes direction and returns them to the college.

For continuity and parallel action there could be myself returning the cards to the college with intermittent views of Ash tracing his route in searching for his cards.

The mese-en-scene would be maintained as the shoot would be in the same location. Also, the quality of the light would have to be similar to the earlier shots. I think the denotation of the image of finding the cards and the connotation of the treatment of that image and the subsequent ensuing frames would work with the existing structure of the film.