EVALUATION of preliminary task

I think that there were many things in this production that went well. Firstly, we worked well as a group and clearly understood what it was that we needed to conform to and we also gained experience dealing with filming and editing. This has prepared us for our coursework task. However, i believe that we could improve it if we had a chance. 

Preliminary task

For our preliminary task we had to make a short clip. The clip had to have a person walking into a room, sitting down and exchanging a few lines of dialogue with another person. We had to use many techniques such as shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule and match on action. We also used the program called final cut express to edit our video to our expected standards and add sound. The narrative of my preliminary task is of a young school girl that has been called to the principals office for having a fight in the playground during break time. Throughout the video she walks down some stairs then arrives at the principles office, knocks on the door and waits. Once she is called in, she is told to sit down and is then questioned about the incident. 

Explanation of 180 degree rule

My understanding of the 180 degree rule is this:

Whilst filming a shot of two people in conversation, it is very important for the camera to stay on one side of the axis so that it is obvious that the people are talking to each other. This is usually best done as an over-the-shoulder shot.

If this rule is broken, things may go wrong! if the camera is used on the other side of the axis, it is called jumping the line and this should be avoided at all costs.