In week 4, After a long trip back up to Darwin, I had a meeting with Robin to discuss class work from the week before. We had a long discussion about eyeline’s and how framing eyelines correctly can have a large impact on the development of scene. This is not something I’d ever given much thought too, but I found this discussion quite interesting. The idea that a line of sight can give so much information to the audience. While when it’s done incorrectly can have a really jarring effect on the viewer. Since this meeting I have noticed it a lot in cheap television shows. When eyelines between characters don’t match up, it is definitely distracting. In reflection I now think of eyelines as not just a technical problem but something to be used to convey emotion.

In Exercise 6, Robin chose to map out a small script which featured two characters in discussion about concert tickets. Although quite simple I thought Robins approach was interesting. Creating a shot list, floor plan and then creating two story boards. One that depicts the three shots on needed on the day and the other to show how the shots may be edited together.

This is sort of an interesting process to me, but it does make sense. And after looking at the all of Robins storyboards and list’s, although all are useful, the simple floor plan seemed to me the most beneficial in my eyes. If the shoot was in a rush, I think this would be most beneficial tool when deciding how to block the scene and where to get the camera’s in position. Mapping the scene from above seems like a simple and easily digestible method of getting a clear understanding of the scene’s plan, however in more complicated scenes I can see how this could get difficult.