Preliminary - Steven - Preliminary Task questions.

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

·         Yes the film is edited so it moved continuously through each shot.

2. 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.)

·         Yes we have we had match-on-action where Rob opens the door and used the 180-rule and had a small exchange of dialogue between me and Rob.

3. Have you used match-on-action?

·         Yes, we had Rob put his hand on the door handle then cut to a shot of him walking in.

4. Can you explain what a match-on action involves?

·         Cutting from one shot to another with the other shot showing consequence.

5. Have you used shot/reverse shot?

·         We used shot/reverse for when the doctor is talking to the colleague.

6. Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?

·         The camera would switch from 2 angles depending on who is talking.

7. Did you observe the 180-degree rule?

·         Yes, we used the 180 degree rule.

8. Can you explain the 180-degree rule?

·         The 180 degree rule is where you film without changing side or going over a certain line.

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

·         I was an actor within our task.

10. How would you assess your contribution to the group?

·         I just mainly acted and helped with what we should edit.

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

·         That for something as short as a minute there is a lot of editing and that you can’t do one-takes you have to film extra just in case.