Preliminary Task

We have to undertake a continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with who he/she then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. 

Evaluation

Write about the Preliminary task. What were asked to do? How did you find each stage of the process?

• First I took a long shot of a person walking down the corridor. Then I used a close up shot to show the match on action rule and to see which hand he was using. When both of them were having a conversation, I used a shot reverse shot when the other person was sat in a chair opposite to the other person. By doing this, it should show the continuity task that we were asked to do. 
• After filming it, I edited the short clips that I filmed and put it all together in a large video by using Adobe Premiere Pro CS3. I make sure that the timing between a person walking down the corridor and opening the door should match. 
  

Things that I learnt during the preliminary task:

• Is to make sure that the camera is steady and running smoothly while filming
• I learned how to edit small clips and make it into a whole video
• Is to check and make sure that the microphone is now seen on the video

Things that went well

• I did not laugh while I was acting 
• I did not get the microphone in the video
• I did well while I was editing the clips

Improvements

I could improve my preliminary task by making sure that the camera is steady and running smoothly while panning in filming

Has the Preliminary task given you any ideas for your 2 minute film opening? If so, what is it?

Yes it would because I could use the editing software after filming and I could possibly use the shots and rules that I learnt during this task.