Fairy tale stair scene analysis

This scene was created by Sam De Almeida, Extras and Myself.

This is my third attempt at making a short scene which looks professional and works well. In this scene we decided to film a few short clips which could have been the start of a fairy-tale. I chose to do this as I thought I could incorporate some effects and shots which I thought would work well in a fairy-tale. As both of our other scenes were based on the Action genre I wanted to see if changing the genre changed what camera angles and shots I might have used. The scene is set on the stairs and outside a building, around midday. The first shot is the first title page; this is a page with the words "Fairy-tale" on. The background I used for this is an old fashioned book, which is quite colourful, I used this as I thought it helped show viewer that the story is a fairy-tale aimed at children, the bright colours would help attract attention of young children. I then used a transition from one shot to the next, I decided to use the effect as I remembered that I thought it helped make the Scene look professional if used well, so that is what I tried to do here. I used a transition which looks like a page turning, I decided to use this effect as the scene is based on the genre of a fairy-tale and fairy tales are usually written in books, so I thought it would help the viewer to understand the genre of the scene. The next shot I used is another title scene, but on this one I have written a vague description of the story, helping the viewer to understand what is going on. I think that this worked really well as it helps the viewer to understand what is going on; especially of the target audience is young children. The background is again an old fashioned book as this fits in with the storyline. It then turns the page but this time to an actual shot. This shot is a wide shop it helps to set the scene as the location is easily established although it doesn’t show a clear shot of the characters face, but this is made up for in the next shot. I decided to use a panning movement while filming this as to keep the action in shot. The angle is looking down on the character; this could suggest that the character is weak. In the next shot however it is looking up at him, there is no transition from the last shot to this shot. In this shot I keep panning to keep the character in shot but I also tried out using zoom, I zoomed in on the characters face, this helps introduce the character to the audience. I do not really like the effect zooming gives as I think it looks unprofessional and the quality lowers the more you zoom in. However it does help link the current shot to the next shot. It flicks from the previous shot to this one and in the current shot it is an over the shoulder shot as the character is moving so the camera follows, this is clever as it isn't used very often used within scenes.  I also like the way as he walks out of the door and the contrast of the shot and the way you can’t see any detail just the shape of the character. The next shot is a basic wide shot to get the action in, a group of people start pointing and laughing at the main character making him cry. I like this as all of the other shots are quite complicated and it makes the scene easy to watch. In conclusion I really like how to scene turned out, the one thing I would change is the shot where it zooms, to a plain close up.