Confrontation Evaluation

The concept for this task was to get into groups and create a short drama skit of a conversation that involves back and forth confrontation. There is no drama with out confrontation, if characters in a drama do not disagree then it is not really a drama. I teamed up with Isabella Francis and Sabrina Yaacub for this particular task. 
Our initial narrative idea was three sisters who have a relative who has just passed and they are entitled to his inheritance but they are disagreeing on how to split it. Each of them want a larger portion of the inheritance.
To begin the project I drew up a rough story board, consisting of different shots and angels in respective order for the skit. Then we drew up a script, but as we never usually follow the script we drew up a guide line of cues to determine who comes in after whom. Each of the sisters differed in a way we used props and various acting techniques to separate the characters. To begin the scene opens with the girls saying a prayer with an envelope placed in the centre of the table. Two of the girls hands are joined in prayer while one of the other sisters hands are folded, she also happens to be wearing Muslim attire showing the audiences that she is different from the other two girls in terms of religion. On of the sisters is wearing a diamond ring on her left hand, suggesting that she is/may be engaged to be married. In this opening scene the camera starts at the centre of the table and zooms out to show all of the girls. This motion is called a zoom out shot. The envelope in the centre of the table is later on pointed out as their fathers will, suggesting that they are sisters and there father has passed on. When it comes to dividing the inheritance, using dialogue we are able to which of the sisters is older and younger. The youngest sister is proven to be the spoilt one as she is hardly paying attention to the conversation, she is socialising on her gadgets and her posture is to relaxed for someone that has just lost their father. 
The scene was shot in a cafe. It included various close up shots in order to determine emotion and reactions to statements and dialogue. This is because the conversation was going back and forth between characters. 
This exercise helped me better understand the concept of various camera angles and mis en scene to determine the mood and meaning of the clip. 

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