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