Preliminary Task Story Board

This is a story board that we drew for the planning of our preliminary task. We drew what we would have liked  the different shots to look like on the screen and wrote what type of shot we would be using. We also wrote what was happening in the frame at that particular moment to help us when it came to filming, which helped us know exactly what to do to get it right and refrain from missing anything out from what we wanted to put in.

My next post shall include the final edited Video.

Practice lighting task -Preliminary task

This is our practice lighting task that I did in a group with Sophie and Courtney. We used different spaces, lights and lighting techniques to create different effects which should be useful in our Thriller opening task.

3-point fill lighting

The goal of three point lighting is to create the illusion of a three dimensional subject in a two dimensional image.

Here is our groups example of where 3-point fill lighting. This technique creates soft shadows and focuses on the subject which is being lit up by the three lights, making the background look hazier.

Chiaroscuro lighting

This is lighting including the use of strong contrasts between light and dark.

Here are our group’s example of chiaroscuro lighting. The pictures show the contrast between the harsh lighting and the dark which create shadowed effects and makes the picture look as though there is few light to illuminate the subject, (This is commonly used in thrillers).

High key lighting

Backlighting is when the scene has been lit from behind, usually by the form of some natural light where it can be used to create a silhouette.

Here is out groups example of a backlighting image. We have used the natural light from the window behind to make the subject darker. This can be comonly used in thrillers to create the effect of the unknown. (For example there may be a strange figure who's face can not be seen because of the harsh lighting behind it).

Artificial lighting

This is a man made light source which uses bulbs or florescent lights which are usually more bluey grey or a harsh yellow and orange clour.

Here is our group’s example of the use of artificial lighting. As you can see we used quite yellowish lights to make the subject look slightly a different colour. I think that this also makes the photos more mysterious for the viewer.

Natural lighting

Natural lighting can be either, as the name suggests, natural light coming from a natural light source such as the sun. However natural lighting can also refer to light that has a light yellow or white hue. Natural lighting is used in a combination with other lighting effects such as 3-point fill lighting.

Here is my own example of some natural lighting, as you can see, contrasts between darkness and the light are not really used and the photo looks very natural. This could be used in parts of a thriller when everything seems normal until plots start to unravel.

High key lighting

High key lighting uses harsh, bright lights to reduce contrast in a scene. This gives the scene a white-washed, clean look that has no shadow in the frame.

Other shots we took!

Here are for more shots that we took, using different spaces for different types of light. An example of this was when we used the music store cuboard to get a pitch black room, we then used lights at different angles and in different spaces to  illuminate things that we wanted to be in the light.

We also held a light up against the side of the face as shown below, this created a shadow onto the wall and made the photo look more dramatic 

Preliminary task planning

Hi everyone,
In my preliminary group task includes myself, Sophie Smart and Courtney Pearson , this task is based on  continuity which is using editing to make everything seem more real and in a chronological manner, this will give the impression on continuous filming even though the different shots will have been shot apart from each other. This will also needed to be edited well so that there are no errors which make it less realistic to the viewer.


The idea of our plot is for one person to be the 'Bad Guy' and the other one trying to save the world. In this the 'Bad Guy' will be trying to hack a computer and plan world domination but the good person stops them. 


Myself and Sophie will be taking part as actors in the short video and Courtney will be filming.


This video will demonstrate-

• Match on action-  This includes editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to     another that matches the first shot, making it look like it still in the same place and time.
•  shot/reverse shot- This is
• the 180 degree rule.