Preliminary Task

•         Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?

Yes it does, the clips are edited together correctly in chronological order so the plot line can be followed.

•         Have you followed the directions in the brief?  (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character.  An exchange of dialogue occurs.)

We have a character opening a door crosses the room to the other character, but they do not sit down, even though they are opposite each other. Dialogue is exchanged between the characters, and then they both leave.

•         Have you used match-on-action? 

We have used match-on-action when one of the characters hands over the envelope the other character opens it in a close up of the hands.

•         Can you explain what a match-on action involves?

Match-on-action involves one thing happening in one shot and then something happening because of that shot happening, e.g. someone opening a door, and the next shot would be someone walking through the door and the door might close behind the character.

•         Have you used shot/reverse shot?

Unfortunately, we forgot to use shot/ reverse shot because when we finished all the dialogue we thought we were done.

•         Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?

Shot/ reverse shot is where the camera catches a line of dialogue and then swaps angle to focus on the other person reading a line of dialogue, and then back to the original shot.

•         Did you observe the 180-degree rule?

We did use the 180-degree rule in our piece.

•         Can you explain the 180-degree rule?

The 180-degree rule is where the camera does not cross a certain line when filming, they use this rule so that people are not confused as to which character is which.

•         What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task?  (e.g.  filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)

During the making of the film I was the man behind the camera, and after the filming, I helped editing the clips together.

•         How would you assess your contribution to the group?

I would say that I contributed well in my areas, e.g.  I set the camera up where I wanted to get as many shots as possible, even though I forgot about shot/ reverse shot.

•         What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?

I have learned what shots that you should use when filming a piece, also I learnt how to use Adobe Premier Pro when editing clips together.

William Taylor

Review Questions

·         Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?

Yes, our film runs smoothly through good editing and doesn’t have any gaps or scenes that drag on.

·         Have you followed the directions in the brief?  (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character.  An exchange of dialogue occurs.)

We followed the brief and completed everything asked except for a character/s sitting down on a chair.

·         Have you used match-on-action? 

No unfortunately we didn’t use this

·         Can you explain what a match-on action involves?

It is where there is a skip in a scene where it shows before and after, i.e. someone goes to hit someone and you do not see the action, but straight after.

·         Have you used shot/reverse shot?

No we accidently didn’t do this

·         Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?

The camera would switch from 2 angles depending on the person talking.

·         Did you observe the 180-degree rule?

Yes we followed the rule

·         Can you explain the 180-degree rule?

This is where you film without going over a line by surrounding the scene too much.

·         What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task?  (e.g.  Filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)

I was a character in the video (the man who hires the hitman), I also helped with the editing and coming up with the script and filming ideas as well as creating the blog

·         How would you assess your contribution to the group?

I have contributed quite a lot to the group much like the other members; we have all put in a lot of effort into getting it done

·         What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?

It is not as easy as it seems and a better plan would have been better so we were more organised and possibly got better ideas.

This has been very good to see what we have done right and what we haven’t so we can improve greatly for the main task in my opinion.

Danny Watson

Preliminary Video