Preliminary evaluation

Preliminary evaluation.

The 180 degree rule is when the camera cannot move over 180 degrees around a person, it is to help people understand what is going on in the scene. We used this when filming as our objective was to follow the 180 degree rule.

A match on action is one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. We used this in our preliminary when a letter was exchanged between two characters.  We used it as it adds to the intensity.

An eye line match is when the viewers can see what the character is seeing for, this could be the character looking at something off screen and then the camera cutting to what they are seeing. We used this in our preliminary twice, the one that was most successful was when our main character was leaving the scene.

Finally a shot-reverse shot is the way the camera moves between two characters this could be through a conversation where the camera is placed over one characters shoulder then the next. We used this multiple times in our preliminary forconversations with a lot of different characters.

The film making itself was a success we were able to get all the scenes filmed in under an hour. Filming around college was easy as all pupils had gone home or were in a lesson meaning that college was very quiet. Our only issue was when people were let out to go to lesson or the toilet the reception where we were filmed became very crowded for five minutes however this enabled us to prepare for filming our next scene.

Whilst editing our preliminary task I learnt how to add titles to a video and how to add music and sound effects. I also learnt how to use garage band on the mac, I used garage band to create a siren for the end of the film. I finally learnt how to add effective transitions to the film when a certain scene finishes and begins.At first I was very unsure on how to edit our preliminary task as I had never used a mac however throughout the task I was able to rapidly pick up the proper skills for my next practical task.