Story telling unit: 180° rule

- Where you position the camera in a scene is where you place the audience in the scene
- Line between characters, camera on arc around them and the shot will work from any position on the arc

- Characters stay on screen left or screen right in any shot
- Eye line is important - Left character looks right, Right character looks left
- Each position change of characters creates a new arc
- Can break the rule for certain reasons, e.g. disorientation purposes, such as 'The Shining' red toilet scene

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Documentary unit: Script first draft

Documentary unit: Interview questions

Kirsty interview Jackie interview

Documentary unit: Jackie interview

So we could get an outside view on fake fear, we were able to secure an interview with an actual adrenaline junkie, only thing was, she's 73! She was amazing to interview, and her answers were so descriptive, which gave us some area to play around with during the edit. We needed to rearrange the house to better suit an interview, and when we realised that we would have to do that, we were glad that we were filming in one of our own homes instead of Jackie's house, or in a public area, as we then had control over the whole environment. Jackie was a pleasure to interview, as she was very relaxed and had a great sense of humour to match.

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