Preliminary Task Questions:

1. Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?

Yes, some of the events are clear and therefore convey  sequence of relevence to wrds the audience at to put the idea across to them. But we have missed a few editing moments for our video.

2. 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.)

Overall we have followed the directions in the brief, but we have changed quite abit of our short movie. Our two characters that we used (Lee Arnold and Kieren Tyler) did exchange diolougue but at the start of the short movie.  

3. Have you used match-on-action?

Yes we used the match-on-action when the main chrarcter (Lee Arnold) opes the door, also when he enters the room and shows him waliking to the chair and sits.

4. Can you explain what match-on-action involves?

Match on action means that when something happens in the scene. For example when the main character in our movie walks down the corridor, then the following match-on-action shot was when the actor enters the room and makes his way to the computer and sits down. This is an example of a consistent editing and it is very important in helping the audience continually understand exactly what s happening.
5. Have you used shot/reverse shot?
We have used shot/reverse shot when the main chracter walks up the corridor and then walks towards the camera, then the camera reverses the shot from behind the character.  Also we use this when both characters are exchanging diolougue, as the camera goes from both chracters point of view.
6. Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?
Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character shown. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, this then gives the view of how both chracters are looking at eachother.
 7. Did you observe the 180-degree rule?
Overall yes we did. We observed the ‘180- degree rule’ when the main actor talking to the security Guard at the door.
 8. Can you explain the 180-degree rule?
The 180 degree rule is where you film a scene/dialogue and not to change side or moving in different way.
 9. What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task?  (e.g.  Filming, acting, editing, Equipment organization etc.)
In the preliminary task I took on several roles, such as: Filming, editing and directing. I took these roles on as I wanted to experience more than one role to see what I am good at.
10. How would you assess your contribution to the group?
To asses my contribution to the group, I think contributed quite a lot towards the group and the task that we do.
11. What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?
 Overall I have learned that team work is acquired to film a movie, also I have realized that editing film isn’t easy as it seems. But everything that I have learned from this is that planning is the very important key in making a movie.

Preliminary ERRORS of the making of the video.

• Script mistakes- Actors remembered abit but not all of it.
• Camera shots were missed such as the Big Close (BCU).
• During the making of the video people were in the background so we had to wait abit, so then we had little time to film.
• Actors lauging/ Camera Crew aswell and background noise.
• NOT all props were with us i.e. the sun glasses.
• Pronunciation of the words in the script.
• Some parts of the video were blurry and not in focus.

Q's and Ans

Did you observe the 180-Degree rule?

Yes

Can you explain the 180-degree rule?

The 180 degree rule is if there are two people having a conversation the cameraman will stay on one side of them and no switch sides so the audience doesn’t get confused

What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment, organisation etc.)

I edited the video and contributed to the script

How would you assess your contribution to the group?

I edited the video and contributed to the script

What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?

I learnt how to use the editing programme better

Danny O’Neill

Q and A

Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?

Our video is edited to make it as clear as possible for the viewer; we used shot/ reverse shot to help with this. We also have a narrative speech at the end of the video

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 have followed all our briefing directions from the script we created; we also tweaked it a bit when filming for a better look. Our two main characters exchange dialogue in a corridor before one character enters a room.

Have you used match-on-action?

In our video we see one man open a door entering a room; the next shot sees him walking into the room and up to a computer screen.

Can you explain what match-on-action involves?

Match-on-action involves switching between camera shots in a video scene; this can be done when an action sequence occurs or when a person moves into another room/scene. It also means when one shot sees something occurring and the next shot sees the effect of the last scene- for example somebody throws a ball the next shot shows a person catching the ball.

Have you used shot/reverse shot?

We used shot/reverse shot when our two main characters are speaking to each other, to do this we filmed the same scene twice from different angles to be edited into one scene.

Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?

Shot/reverse shot involves the same scene but switches between different angles, such as when two people are speaking. Every time a person speaks the camera focuses on them, it will then switch to the other person as they begin to speak.