Evaluation

Our brief was to create a short film of convocation between two people showing the 180-degree line of action, shot reverse shot and match on action.

The 180-degree rule in filmmaking is the regarding of on screen special awareness and relationship between objects and characters. An imaginary line is used to make sure that the characters are in the correct places. This means that if one character is on the right and one on the left, the 180 degree rule makes sure that the same character are always filmed on the same side if more that one shot in needed.

Shot reverse shot is a filming technique where one character is filmed looking at another character, and this other character is shown to be looking back. This illustrates that these characters are looking at one another or having convocation.

Match on action is an editing technique where one-shot cuts to another shot giving the impression that they are connected. For example the first shot of a character and the second of an object, put together this could make the audience believe that the character is looking at the object.

The planning for this work was firstly that we had to create a script, and this was one on Celtx and this had to include a conversation between two people. Secondly we had to design a storyboard illustrating what would happen in our scene with what each character would say. This was only a brief guide into what could happen in this piece, it also showed the types of shots and positions. We then had to decided where we would shot your scene, which we decided the music studio. The shots we used were the: over the shoulder shot, two shot, mid-shot, medium long shot, long shot and close up. Finally, we did a risk assessment of the music room where we shot the scenes. We made sure there were no wires that anybody could trip over and no equipment that was in the way.

When filming our short film, we used a tripod to keep our camera steady and the same height in our shots. We used a long shot of person A coming down a corridor, and the close up of the door handle to show the match on action shot. Furthermore we used the mid shot of A and B.

To edit our short film, we used final cut express. We chose which shots out of the ones that we filmed that we wanted to use and copied them on to the timeline. On this we cut and edited these shots to make them fit together and flow as a clip. For this we shortened to make them the right length, this will allow them to run smoothly. Furthermore we key framed one of our shots as it was slanted to one side and didn’t make the other shots. This was to ensure continuity. Finally we added a fade in and fade out for the title and ending shot to make it more fluid and smooth.

The way that we demonstrated the 180-degree shot, shot reverse shot and match on action shot by ensuring that non of the shots don’t cross the 180 degree line. We did this by filming the over the shoulder shots and keeping them in line, and not obstructing the 180 degree rule. It also shows the shot reverse shot when flipping from person A in conversation with person B.