My Preliminary Evaluaton

Our first filming project was our preliminary Task. The Primary Task is a simply way of testing out with filming and editing for the first time. For this we had to film a sequence of two actors exchanging a piece of dialogue. However, we had to incorporate three filming conventions we has learnt in the previous couple of weeks. There were three techniques we included which were; match on action, 180 degrees and shot reverse shot. Before we started I drew out a story board. I learnt that story boards are very useful when you come to film as it is easy to film the scene wrong without referring to it. Obviously mine was only a 30 second long so it wasn't  crucial but when I come to do my final film opening I want to make sure I have everything planed out on my story board.

For filming I used two actors, one camera, a tripod and a mac computer for imovie editing. I wrote out a short dialogue based on an interview for my actors and used a tripod so I could get steady shots and smooth pans across the room. It was my fist time using iMovie and I really enjoyed it and was surprised that it was more simple to use than I thought. I have learnt for next time, to take more shots than you need in filming because they can always be edited out or used in between shots.

I think that all my filming conventions were successful, however, in my first shot I filmed it too close in the frame, so therefore I cut off Laurens feet and had too much head room. Next time I'm filming I will close in the frame and make sure I don't have loads of space at the top of the room.

Overall, I am pleased with the preliminary task because I have learnt so much and I have found it fun to film and edit. I also found it satisfying watching the end product.

My finished preliminary task

This is my finished preliminary task. I chose an easy interview scenario with a cliffhanger at the end.

Finishing my preliminary task

Today I finished filming for my preliminary task and now I am starting to edit. I am very pleased with my work as it was more straight forward than I had imagined and I think that I showed match on action clearly. I am looking forward to seeing my end result of my preliminary task.

Techniques For The Preliminary Test

Today in our media class we started talking about the preliminary task and we learnt that there are 3 main camera/editing techniques to complete this task. This are: Match on action, 180 degrees rule and shot reverse shot.

I have researched each of these 3 meanings and found some examples so that I am clear exactly what they are.

                                                                Match On Action

Match on action is used in film editing and video editing where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action, maintaining a flow and continual link.
An example of this if a person comes through a door, the camera shot would be behind them. As soon as they walk through door, the camera shot will go in front of them.

                                                               180 degrees Rule

The 180° rule is a guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another . When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot reverse.

https://youtu.be/oF_5k4AWTFw


                                                             Shot Reverse Shot

Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.

https://youtu.be/h0xiCIMIwLY

https://youtu.be/o1Ey0a6LJRA

https://youtu.be/5qq9vGSOr5Y