Preminilairy Question By Luke Sherlock

Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?The film contains all necessary bits to make the film make sense with the addition of overplaying the clips to really emphasise the person typing away making the video tense and dramatic which will put the viewer on edge.

Have you followed the directions in the brief? (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. An exchange of dialogue occurs.)We followed the brief starting with a character opening the door, crossing the room and then sitting down. After this another scene takes place, elsewhere are two people who are exchanging dialogue sitting opposite each other.

Have you used match-on-action?We used match-on-action when we one of the characters walked to the briefcase it then skipped to him unzipping it.

Can you explain what a match-on action involves?
Match-on action involves a clip of someone about to do something then skipping to the clip of them doing it.

Have you used shot/reverse shot?
No we did not use the reverse shot.

Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?
The reverse shot involves a conversation between two people and the camera moving to a different position of the two people.

Did you observe the 180-degree rule?We took the 180 degree rule into considering when we recorded the scene with the two businessmen playing cards. But when the ‘Keyboard warrior’ was recorded we didn’t take notice of the 180 rule as we wanted close ups from in front of him and behind.

Can you explain the 180-degree rule?The 180 degree rule consists of the camera being in one place and then changing to a different position and showing the recent position in the clip.

What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. Filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)
My role is this preliminary task was being the camera man, prop man and I also helped out pick the costumes that people were wearing.

How would you assess your contribution to the group?
I think I contributed to the group as much as I could, by telling the others how to do stuff and if they were doing it wrong. I helped out Ellis who was editing the video, I helped out with bits of the video that I wasn’t in so the group and myself did not think that I wasn’t helping.

What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?From this preliminary film I have learned who to film properly and also how to work in a group to get things done and make it look good.