Preliminary Task

Prelim task evaluation

What is the 180 degree rule?

·         The 180 degree rule is where the camera people do an over the shoulder shot mostly used in a conversation. This is when the cameras do not cross over a line that would mean they are in the shot. When the cameras both switch round to the other side of the conversation completely the actors switch round positions so that they are in the same places.

What is a match on action shot?

·         A match on action is where we take different shots of the same scene and you edit and cut different parts of them together so that it is from different angles and symbolizes different things such as you can take a long shot, then a medium shot and then a close up. This would mean focusing more on the character so that we can see the expression on their face and how they are feeling and feel their emotion. We used this in our film when I was on the phone we cut from seeing my whole body to an extreme close up of the phone and then just a medium shot where you could see my body language and facial expressions over the phone.

What is a match eye line shot?

·         This is where the character is looking towards the camera and is filmed from their front. In our film we tried to do this and experiment with this shot however we were unable to get a clear shot of it and it didn't seem to work with the film as we edited it in the film.

How did the film making process go in terms of filming shots from the storyboard and around the college?

·         I think that filming from the storyboard was good because it gave us clear cut instructions and let us have a bit of structure towards the film we were producing. We could easily show where the camera was meant to be and how we should place it because within the storyboard there were examples of the shot on the people which helped us a lot with positioning.

·         In terms of filming around the college it took longer than what we expected to film the shots this was because we would have people walk in front of the camera, there would be people talking when we were shooting the film and this would then ruin the audio when we cut it all together. To prevent this we would have to either retake the shots so that they were clear and how we wanted them or we would have to edit the audio to make the music in the film louder than the natural sounds like the wind and people speaking etc.

What did we learn about video editing on adobe premiere in terms of using transitions, adding sound and titles?

·         What I learned about adobe premiere was that we cut and edit different shots into the film. This was good because we took multiple shots of different scenes of the film meaning that we could switch to an extreme close up of a certain action or of my face to see facial expressions and feel the emotion. When adding sound I also learned that we could layer different sounds of top of one another and this would make one massive sound. This is good because at the same time as hearing the music we could edit in to hear the natural sound of something else which would build up tension or add more texture to the film. As well as another tool that I was able to learn how to use was the green screen tool. This is good because I was then able to add different features to the film. One green screen that me and Stuart edited into the film was the explosion at the end where the missile strikes the school. This was good because we could fit the missile into proportion with the shot, this then fitted onto the background as we cut out the green screen in the background. Another method that we both learned to use was the adding music to the film. We could layer this to set the scene so that it shows the feelings of the actor and sets the pace of the scene.