Preliminary Task

The brief for our preliminary task was:

"continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room, sitting down in a chair opposite another character, which who she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule."

This was the storyboard that we had planned for our preliminary task to look like:

This task was done to help us to use different shots which include the ones above, to help our understanding of how to edit our own clip. There is a range of important factors that I need to include in the task which are match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule which I will research to know exactly what I need to include.

Match on action: this editing technique helps to show a continuity in a scene to show a sense of the same action making the scene look more natural and flow together. For example, the image below shows a range of shots linking to the same object which show the audience that the person wants to go into the door which is shown by a view of the room, followed by a close up of the handly, then opening it from the outside suggesting it is from the same scene.

Shot/Reverse Shot: a shot that views  the action from the opposite side of the previous shot, as during a conversation between two actors, giving the effect of looking from one actor to the other. The image below shows it from two characters perspectives by showing the audience what they are looking at.

180 degree rule: this show refers to characters in a scene to have a left/right relationship with each other whilst the camera is only filming in a 180 degree rule. This helps to show the location and and position of the characters as it mainly shows people in front of each other rather than side by side. Here is a diagram  below:

Next we need to start to film our preliminary task by using each of these techniques that I have explained above, this research will help to know what I have to do and how to use them correct to achieve the brief of the task.