Preliminary task evaluation
Our preliminary task involved someone opening a door, walking across a room, sitting down and exchanging a few sentences of dialogue between two people. We had to incorporate shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule and match on action, into our short film to learn how they are used. Overall I enjoyed learning about the new camera techniques and getting used to filming. I found it more difficult than I expected to stick to the rules, for instance the 180 degree rule, however in my film opening I will now know not to the 'cross the line'. Whilst doing this preliminary task we used a range of different equipment and software most of which was new to me.When filming the short clip, I used a filming camera which was put into a tripod, to ensure that the shot was straight and not tilted. I didn't use a hand held camera as that would have created a distorted and slightly tense effect, which would be better in a horror or action film. When I got to the editing stage of my task, I used...
