I chose "Competition, Confidence, Strategy, Mastery, Surrender, Conquest" as my Six Word Story because I wanted to use chess as a metaphor which could be related to any type of competition. I was already planning to attend Nationals during the time we were given to record our shots, so I pounced on this opportunity to create a very real looking competitive environment in my shots.
Shot #1: I chose to record this as a wide shot because I wanted to establish the setting and make sure to include the background enough so the viewer can tell that the location is a chess tournament. Shot #2: I chose a low-angle medium shot here because I wanted to establish my character as powerful and confident, while showing her face and the board/pieces as well. Shot #3: Here I used an extreme closeup because I wanted to emphasize her emotions and create a serious tone of focus (moving eyes rapidly) Shot #4: While showing a hand pointing out a potential variation in the game, I used a wide birds-eye-view shot because I feel that it was the best option to capture the entire board clearly Shot #5: When the king resigned, I used a high-angle closeup. I chose to use a high shot because the king being looked on from above created a weak tone and supported the scene of surrender, and a closeup because I wanted the king to feel like a real thing and not just a piece on a chess board. Shot #6: At the end, I used an over-the-shoulder medium shot because I wanted to show the face of the winner of the game while still making it obvious that there was another person on the other side of the handshake. This project was difficult because it challenged me to really make sure that every shot I edited onto the project mattered immensely, because I couldn't just keep adding more. The hardest part of this project for me was definitely to get all my shot recordings in one day, because I was at an event and there was not much down time where I was able to record, so I had to coordinate with my actors, and my main actress actually was busy and wasn't able to film the final handshake, which is why I had to use a different character for that part. Overall, I do think this project was fun and I liked that it really pushes your creativity to create a story that is actually interesting with such little amount of shots, and to actually film all of them properly.
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