Micro Drama

I carried out this micro drama to give myself some experience with working with a camera and just what I needed to do to get the shots that I wanted, and looking into which shots to use and where in the production.

The micro drama was the first task of the coursework, so as you can see I have come along way from making this drama to my final production, as my experiences and knowledge of media has improved vastly.

My micro drama was based on the works of Vladimir Propp, who studied into character types in media productions, he found that a film should always have these 7 different characters in them:

1. The Villain
2. The Donor
3. The Helper (Magical)
4. The Princess, and her Father
5. The Dispatcher
6. The Hero or Victim/ Seeker Hero
7. False Hero

In my micro-drama however because we only had a cast and crew of 4 people we could not incorporate all of these characters, and instead we only had A Hero, A Villain, The Helper and The Victim. Our film was all about a Villain stealing a phone off of a Victim who then cry's for the help of a Hero, who when trying to receive the phone needs the help of The Helper who comes in aid as The Hero is about to be attacked. Thus complying with the research taken by Vladimir Propp.

I learnt a lot in this production as it was the first time I had properly filmed and edited a production from start to finish. My first lesson I learnt was that of Vladimir Propp's theory of character, and how to incorporate them into my production. I then learnt how to use a camera properly, and how to create all the shots such as Long Shot and Close Up. I also learnt how to edit using iMovie and how to get the best out of my footage using sound and transitions.