Use of Sound and Camera Angles

All of the sound in "A Working Student" is diegetic, she speaks directly to the audience as she wants people to feel sorry for her, and understand why she is doing what she is doing, not because she wants to but because she needs to, for the money. I felt that having Amy speak directly to the audience it would engage them more, as in a Short Film you do not have time to build an audience-character relationship, therefore I broke the imaginary "Fourth Wall" between Amy and the audience so she could directly appeal to them.

I used a variety of shots and camera angles whilst filming "A Working Student", shots were very important as I had to be able to see Amy's face all the time so we could see her speaking and her expressions.


Over Shoulder Shot- (0.14s)

Shows that Amy is doing work, this is in the opening sequence, so we know shes doing work, giving us a clue that shes a student.








Mirror Shot- (0.26s)
This is effective because it shows us that Amy is doing her make-up for work, it shows us what she is doing from another point of view, so we arent always staring straight at her, and it is like she is living her life as usual and not on being filmed.






Exreme Close up- (0.29s)
Shows us another angle of her doing her make up, mainly for effect, as if the camera is her mirror.

Close up- (0.34s)

This is the first piece of dialogue, I have used a Close up shot to show Amy talking directly to her audience, as she is the only person in the film, she has to direct what she's saying at someone or we would think she is mad! Also, with a close up we can see all of her facial expressions and she can fully get across what she is saying.



Middle Shot-(1.08s)
I have brought the camera back a fair bit so you can see the books she is holding up and so she can fully illustrate her point. If I hadn't have moved the camera back, we wouldn't have been able to see what was in her hands and then wouldn't have known what she was talking about.





Above Shot- (1.24s)

This shot shows the camera looking down on Amy, I did this on purpose, it is a metaphor for how people would look down on her if they knew what she was doing.






Over Shoulder Shot (2.30s)
So you can see the time, and you know she is going to be late for work.










Long Shot- (3.04s)

As she is walking away, after we realise her actual job, this shot shows her leaving the scene and she is walking away from the audience, because she doesn't want anyone to see what she does for a living, she is ashamed, and doesn't want people to see her.