Shot, Reverse shot 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 theyare looking at each other.
Shot 1- Two-up Medium shot- Master Shot.
Shot 2- Close up of character 1 - ( whole take).
Shot 3- Over the shoulder shot of character 2 ( 1 whole take).
The process which we went through as a group to create the Shot, Reverse Shot
The process which we as a group went through to create the Shot, reverse shot was that we didnt do it as well as we were supposed to do. We firstly filmed out master shot which was off the both characters within the frame as a two-shot, long shot. When it came to editing in our master shot we layed the master down on Final Cut Pro and then it was much easier when it came to editing in our shots of both characters ( over the shoulder shots) as all we then had to do was make a cut into where we wanted the shot to be in and drop it on top of the master shot. This then made it a nice edit.
We then went to film the first over the shot shoulder of the first character which was the woman in the opening of the pulp fiction movie. We did not film this the correct way as all we did was only film the over the shoulder shot which matched the script and this was only filmed for 5-7 seconds.
We then filmed the next over the shoulder shot for the next character which was the man in the opening scene of Pulp Fiction. Yet again, we filmed this over the shoulder shot the same as the womans shot. We only filmed the part which matched the script and didnt film the whole of the shot from start to finish inlcluding the same script from the other character but on the same shot. This then made it difficult when editing as the cut was not as nice and easy when we edited it and when we had also finsihed with editing.
Describe how best to create it and film the Opening scene of Pulp Fiction.
The best way to create the film opening of Pulp Fiction is to lay down the main master shot and then film the whole cut in 1 and then film the whole of the next cut in which is cut in 2. this is the best way to create a Shot, reverse shot because it then enables you to edit the whole piece together and make a cut in whenever iit fits when the whole shot for example (over the shoulder) has been shot.
The effect using Shot, reverse shot has on the audience.
The effect it has on the audience by using Shot, reverse shot is that it enable the narrative to then be continuos in the screen play because the script then follows the screen play so therefore the audience then has a feel that the screen play and cuts to the next shot flow and therefore are effective for the audience.
Analysis
The mise en scene within our recreation of Pulp Fiction we used two coffee cups, the same as in the orginial version in Pulp Fiction to reinforce the fact we are actually doing Pulp Fiction.
The first shot which we used was the shot, reverse shot. The first shot was a long shot, representing the setting which was the cafe and then it was a over the shoulder shot of one of the characters and then switched to another over the shoulder shot of the other character which was doing the dialogue.
Issues which we had filiming our opening scene of Pulp Fiction was that we filmed on different days, for example on one day we filmed when it was a really sunny day and another when it was a much darker and cloudier day therefore the lighting did not match throughout and therefore was not consistent so didnt fit in when we made the final cut while editing in post production.
The height of the tri-pod was also different on one of the days when we filmed the long shot when filing the shot,reverse shot. Variables were very hard to control in our opening scene. On one day there was interfearances of building works when we were filming on our location and was hard when we were in post production and editing our opening scene as it was difficult to dub out the background music which was interfearing with our filming therefore our final cut did sound very bad and wasnt completed to the high standard which we could have.
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