Continuity

This is a fundermental principle of moving image production. Continunity is normally secured by producers following the conventions of the classical realist text, this allows the plot and story to unfold in a way that the audience can assume what happens inbetween each shot or sequence. For example a person travelling on a train, the audience will not think it is short and they will assume inbetween shots there is nothing of significance. But if the character moved then the continunity rule has been broken.

The 180° rule

The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

Shot reverse shot

Shot reverse shot

Shot reverse shot or shot/countershot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other

The Inbetweeners Advert

The Inbetweeners Advert


The advert starts off with a medium shot of a school child in the foreground and some of the school in the background to give us a view of where most of the T.V program is set. After that we are soon introduced to the four main characters, the camera give us a close up of each of them showing us their personality and the way they act, the camera's then follow them into their school and we get the impression that they are very unpopular by the way they are treated. 

Poster Analysis

- A list of the actors to draw the audience in.
- A slogan, combined with the general look of the poster gives the audience an idea of what the film will be about.
- The fact that Simon Pegg's character is in front of Nick Frost's gives us the impression that he is more of a side kick.
- The over all look of the poster is very serious which is very misleading seeing as the film is a comedy.
- The reflection in their glasses shows us the town that the characters, as police officers protect.
- The darkness of the poster shows us that there is obviously something wrong.
- Underneath the title it tells the audience that it's from the makers of Shaun of the dead which was a very funny, successful film, this would interest people that have seen other films by those people.

Camera Shots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF4DWljYcac

The first shot is a crab shot which starts close to the ground and the characters move closer to the camera this denotes to the audience that these characters have more power and are more important because we are looking up on them. Next the camera arcs round and quickly edits into a medium shot of the man.
After that the camera slowly zooms into the prison this anchors the audience to the prison because it make you feel like you are going into the prison. This shot would of cost quite a lot of money because they would of had to pay for the equipment to allow the shot to take place.