Evaluation question 7

7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
 

In the preliminary task we were asked to film and edit a character walk up to a door, walk through, cross a room and sit down on a chair in front of another character. Next both characters would have a brief and short conversation then leave the shot again. In this we had to include match on action (walking through the door),

shot-reverse-shot (during the conversation to show each characters point of view)

and finally follow the 180 degree rule. We had to do this as when filming these are the main three techniques to use and follow and we needed to know how to do this for in case we needed to use them in our own film. The match on action allowed us to learn how to make the editing look smooth and also the shot-reverse-shot helped us learn what angles to use.

Whereas in the main task we were asked to create the title sequence and opening of a new fiction film which had to last a maximum of two minutes.

The preliminary task was more than useful as it taught me how to successfully do match on action and shot-reverse-shot. It also learnt me the importance and significance of the 180 degree rule and that doing simple like these can make the quality of the film much better and that not doing them can end in disaster. We then took these skills and put them into further practise in our main task as we used match on action of Beth going out of the room,

 

 

shot-reverse-shot in the conversation between Beth and Lola and we used the 180 degree rule through the entire film.

I think that from the preliminary exercise I got better at noticing which parts of clips and shots needed cutting in order to make the film smoother and less jumpy and it indicated where I could improve my skills and techniques.

The different methods we used were applying different camera angles and shots such as a an into match on action of Chloe going to open the door. We used these different methods as this time we had a genre as different conventions were needed as it needed to be dark, a faster pace and rhythm of editing to create the dramatic tension and fear that is needed in a psychological thriller.