Preliminary Exercise

16/09/10 - First shooting for Preliminary Exercise - After editing the footage we realised we had no audio due to a problem with the microphone. We then had to re-shoot the task to gain a better quality product.

17/09/10 - Second Shooting for Preliminary Exercise

21/09/10 - Editing Preliminary Exercise, we had a few problems when rendering the final video, after resolving the issue we were able to complete the Preliminary Video.

180 Degree Rule

The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

Shot/Reverse Shot

Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

Match on Action

A match on action, a technique used in film editing, is a cut that connects two different views of the same action at the same moment in the movement. By carefully matching the movement across the two shots, filmmakers make it seem that the motion continues uninterrupted. For a real match on action, the action should begin in the first shot and end in the second shot.

Continuity

Continuity is consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer over some period of time.

Continuity is particularly a concern in the production of film and television due to the difficulty of rectifying an error in continuity after shooting has wrapped up. It also applies to other art forms, including novels, comics, anime, videogames and animation, though usually on a smaller scale.

Preliminary Exercise

Our first brief is a Preliminary Exercise, our task is to:
Produce a continuity exercise which involves a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom they exchange a couple of lines of dialogue.

The task should demonstrate:

• Match on Action
• Shot / Reverse Shot
• 180 Degree Rule

This task should increase our understanding of filming and camera angles, as well as beginning to develop the editing software.

Introduction

Hi my name is Tom

In my group there is Sam Guy and Sol Ilett

I chose media because I thought I enjoy the subject and would be able to achieve a good grade. I also do A level IT and I feel that this will help when using editing software for our production.

Sam Guy - www.samguymediastudies.blogspot.com

Sol Ilett - www.solilett.blogspot.com

Our Team Name is - Sharrison Productions