Preliminary Analysis

Filming Practice, Smashmouth

We had our first chance at filming practice at the beginning of October and were given the task to practise using two camera techniques including shot-reverse-shot and match on action. 

Various examples of match on action are seen mainly when the characters are running around the building and out towards the cars. The first match on action is at 0:12 seconds, and again at 0:19 seconds. This continues throughout the video. A shot-reverse-shot is found between 1:09 seconds and 1:14 seconds where the camera continuously switches between the two characters.

When editing the footage, we came across the song 'All-star' by Smash mouth and found that it particularly complimented the footage. We made sure that the climaxes such as running and large reactions were played with the chorus of the song. At 0:42, you can see that the character begins to run, the chorus starts.

At 1:40, the video begins playing in slow motion which exaggerates the fact that this character has made the wrong decision of going to the wrong car.

Again at 1:58, the camera has a slightly red effect and is played in slow motion as the character falls to the floor (using an eyeliner match by putting the audience in the place of what the character may be experiencing). By using a red tint, the video is conveying that the character may have had blood shot eyes and felt dizzy after being punched.

We faded the music at the end of the video because the video was distracting to end in the middle of the song and so to allow the video to freely and easily end without distraction.