This clip of The Office shows how I want to film and edit Keyboard Warrior. The camera isn't still, it's slightly shaky and pans around the room and zooms in and out, giving it a documentary feel. There aren't that many cuts, a lot of it is just one shot, rather than cutting from one character to another, the camera just moves. The clip often cuts to a different scenario, an interview of one of the characters in the scene, and then cuts back to the original clip. This is very typical of a mockumentary styled film, and will be doing this frequently throughout our film.
In this clip of The Office we are shown two characters having a conversation in an office. The shot-reverse-shot technique is used to shoot this scene. There is a scene within Keyboard Warrior in which the main character and a female character are on a date in a restaurant. I shall film the scene in a very similar way to which this is filmed. Each shot is slightly shaky still, not placed on a tripod, to give it that documentary styled effect. Plenty of lead space is given in both shots used to get that feel that they are actually talking to one and other. The 180 degree rule isn't broken, this way the audience follows exactly what is happening and doesn't get confused by the complex camera angles and choices of camera positioning.
Watching clips from shows like The Office helps me get a better understanding of how our film is going to look visually.
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