Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Preliminary Task


Mwe - 03/10/12

Aims for Preliminary Task
 
The 180 degree rule:
 
A basic guideline that states that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character will always be frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first. If the camera passes over the axis, it is called crossing the line.
 
Example:
 


 

 
 
On the 180 arch in the green area, the character in the orange shirt is always on the left of the screen (from the audience’s point of view) and the character in blue is always on the right. If the camera shits onto the red side, then the characters will be on opposite sides which may confuse the audience.

 
 
 
 

 

Match on Action:
 
Match on action consists of connecting two shots together in which a character finishes off an action in the second shot that was started in the first one. For example a clip of a character walking through a door in which he opens the door being filmed from behind then the clip cuts to him walking through from the other one.
 
Shot Reverse Shot
 
A film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.
 
 
Continuity Editing Tutorial.
 
 
Storyboard for our Preliminary Task:
 
 

 
Our Preliminary Video:
 
The following link will direct you to our video.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnsl_vS9Dx4&list=HL1350760764&feature=mh_lolz

Our video was shot in two rooms; A music practise room and a music performance room. These two sets helped to show the distinction between the rehearsal and the actual performance. This was also shown through the use of the black and white editing. I think that our preliminary task was completed to a high standard, but the use of a tripod would have been more effective, as our camera shots were slightly shaky.

 

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