Composition

 Since our main character Jordyn is breaking the fourth wall, I wanted to figure out how we could position the camera and frame the characters in a way that makes it obvious to the audience that they're being addressed. Characters breaking the fourth wall isn't something that is done often in film, but it is often done in a similar way. 

The character's who break the fourth wall are often framed using medium close ups, with a soft focus on the character speaking. I want to utilize this when creating our film opening and utilize focus shifts in order to properly illustrate the shift from addressing the audience to speaking to the other characters in the scene. Another thing I want to be mindful of when framing the characters is how we place Amelia and Jordyn. Since Amelia and Jordyn have been friends for a long time, I want the audience to be able to see how close they are to each other by placing them in the same frame and showing them together in almost every shot. Since we're only doing the first two minutes, this wont matter, but if we were to make the whole film I would frame Amelia and Jordyn separately during their argument and use shot and counter-shots to frame their conversations and create a juxtaposition to how they were shown in the beginning of the film.

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