Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
What brief were you working to?
On my preliminary task, the brief was to produce a continuity task involving filming and editing a character (myself) opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down on a chair opposite another character with whom he/ she exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. The film had to include the following: a match on action; a shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.
This was our finished product:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG1tFhIsGz0
I enjoyed filming my preliminary task as I felt it was a practical way to help us remember the three terms (as listed above) and put them into practice in preparation for when it came to the filming of our main task. Since we met the criteria for the task by demonstrating each of the terms correctly and sticking to the brief, I feel like we were successful in our preliminary task.
An example of how we demonstrated a match on action in this task was in the medium distance shot when I extend my arm as if to open the door, then there is a close-up shot of my arm as I push the handle down to open the door. These two shots are called a match on action as they directly follow after one another as I am carrying out the same action throughout: opening the door. We had to film me opening the door in two separate stages in order for the shots to flow smoothly; however, because the action of my hand opening the door is something the audience expects, it goes un-noticed that these are in fact two different shots filmed after one another.
An example of how we demonstrated a shot reverse shot in this task was when I sit on the chair across to Emma and we exchange a few words of dialogue between us. These shots are called a shot reverse shot as it is supposed to show both actors face and facial reactions close-up as they are having a conversation. The back of each actors shoulder should take up a third of the bottom right side of the shot in order to show the fact that there are two people facing each other who are involved in the conversation. We filmed this using two different shots filmed from different angles again: firstly from behind my shoulder focusing on Emma, then from behind Emma's shoulder focusing on my face. We ran through the same conversation each time in order to make the two shots flow smoothly. When it came to editing the shots, we extended the dialogue slightly when changing between them as it seemed more realistic when watching it.
An example of how we demonstrated the 180 degree rule in this task was the shot when I first sit down on the chair opposite Emma before she delivers her first line of dialogue. This is called a 180 degree rule as the angle of the camera does not go past the half way line. This shot establishes the scene in a sense because it shows the two characters in their surroundings. It also showed how we were both sat which was facing one another and meant that the shot reverse shot was easily understood by the audience and did not look odd because they were unsure where we were sitting.
On my main task, the brief was to produce the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of five minutes.
This was our finished product:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXSAIdmYEV4
Despite the fact that our product was a bit short of the maximum amount of running time which was 'five minutes', I still feel like we met the brief and showed an accurate portrayal of the titles and opening of a psychological thriller film suitable for a certificate of a 15. The preliminary task was great practice for when it came to filming this task as we had already had experience in filming a match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. We felt that from our experience beforehand, we had learnt to perfect the shots as the preliminary task had helped us developed our skills.
An example of how we demonstrated a match on action in this task was as Summer walks up to the park bench and sits down. This is called a match on action as the two shots follow directly after one another as Summer sits down on the park bench, giving the illusion that the two shots have carried on directly after one another when in actual fact they are two separate shots. We had to edit the two shots together very precisely- paying careful attention to just as Summer bends her legs to sit down- in order for it to look realistic.
An example of how we demonstrated a shot reverse shot in this task was when Summer and the therapist (Vicky) are having a conversation about Summer's schizophrenic delusions. We carried out the same procedure as what we did in our preliminary task when filming which we found simple to do as we had already had experience in this area.
An example of how we demonstrated the 180 degree rule in this task was in the psychiatrists room when the therapist (Vicky) and Summer are sat opposite one another on a table. We carried out the same procedure and had the same set-up as we did in our preliminary task which was easy to do as we knew how to carry this rule out in a successful way. However, we used the 180 degree rule in this task in order to show how Vicky was making notes in her book as Summer was speaking.
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