Storyboard Imitation

Based on previous "It's All Gone Pete Tong" blog...

The Use of Correct Camera Perspectives

While filming the selected scene from “It's All Gone Pete Tong”, the director did a good job staying true to the rules. First, I'll address the rule of thirds, a rule the director utilized perfectly. To start off he tilts the angle of the girl's face and makes it so that her mouth (the focus point) is in the left third of the screen. This shot is followed up by a close-up shot of the man's eyes, his face is slightly off-centered and his eyes are looking to the left intentionally in order to line up his eyes both the left and right rule of thirds. After that is cuts to the restaurant scene where the band is located in the background on the left third and the dancer is moving around waving her dress excessively causing her to cross both of the thirds and keeping constant attention on her. The close-up of her shoes is also a bit off centered to the left and slowly zooming in causing her tap motions to cross the left rule of thirds more each movement. Secondly comes the 30 rule. The main character is sitting close to the girl whose lips are being focused on and therefore when the cut goes from her lips to his face it is approximately 30 degrees away. When it goes to the close-ups of her shoes it enlarges it more than 30 degrees, but because it is the focus of action it makes it an exception to the rule. Lastly, the 180 line rule. From the first perspective, the camera's line of 180 is taken in front of both of the characters and keeps the same orientation during the close-ups of their faces rather than a shot of the back of their heads. The same occurs once inside the restaurant. A line of 180 is drawn from the viewer's perspective, directly in front of the action, and when the camera zooms in to the dancer's heels the camera remains directly in front of them keeps the same orientation.