Thursday, 6 October 2011

Preliminary - Billy - Preliminary Task questions.

Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?
Yes, we have done the editing to a standard of which the scenes slot nicely into one and other and are in sync
· 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, our first shot is of Roberts hand opening the door, then a shot reverse shot of robs walking in and walking across the room to sit down opposite Steven. Then there is an exchange of dialogue between them.
· Have you used match-on-action?
Yes we did.
· Can you explain what a match-on action involves?
A match on action is when some action occurring before the temporally questionable cut is picked up where the cut left it by the shot immediately following
· Have you used shot/reverse shot?
Yes we have as we have a shot of robs hand turning the door handle, and then a shot of rob opening the door with the camera on the other side, and then rob walks through to sit at the table. We also have other examples of when Steven is talking to rob, the camera is focused on Stevens face, the when Robert says something back at Steven, the next shot is of Robert talking.
· Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?
One character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. This leads to the viewer thinking they are looking at each other.
· Did you observe the 180-degree rule?
Yes we did as throughout the whole video, the 180 degree rule is perfectly kept, apart from when we are doing the shot reverse shot and the match on action.
· Can you explain the 180-degree rule?
Leave the camera on one side of the room and the shot never switches to confuse the viewer.
· What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)
I did the directing and filming
· How would you assess your contribution to the group?
I feel that I made a decent contribution to the task and the group. I feel that I made my points clear and that I gave my all to the task. However, there was some restrictions to my contribution, as I don’t really know much about editing so I couldn’t really contribute that much.
· What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?
I have learnt that you have to be quite patient and that the idea in your head might not be what the film actually comes out like. I have learnt that as this was just the preliminary task, we might need to keep some out ideas and imagination for the main task.

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