Task 1 - Preliminary Task

1. What is the 180 degree rule? A match on action? And eye line match? A shot-reverse-shot? And how did you incorporate them into your final film? /Users/08becnel/Desktop/678px-180_degree_rule-1.svg.png The 180 degree rule is when there is an invisible line between two or more people when the camera has to stay on one side of the line. The 180 degree rule cannot be broken because it would confuse the audience as all of a sudden the characters would have changed position. This rule can only be broken if the audience are shown the movement of the camera from one side of the line to the other. A match on action is where the perspective of the camera changes during a scene and the scene continues to flow. We used this in our film when Beth gave the post-it note to Lauren. This took us a while to complete as we had to make sure that both of the clips would match up together when it came to the editing process. An eye line match is where we are shown a shot of a character looking at something and then cuts to another shot showing exactly what the character sees. A shot-reverse-shot is where there is a clip of two people having a conversation. We are shown one clip of person 1 talking, then another clip of person 2 talking and then a final clip of person 1 talking again. We used this in our film when Beth and Lauren were having a conversation about the ‘note’ found in Beth’s locker. We used a shot reverse shot instead of just having the camera so the audience can see both of their faces as this way it makes it more obvious as to who is talking. 2. How did the filmmaking process go in terms of filming shots from the filming shots from the storyboard and filming around college? The filmmaking process went well as all of the group members have experience in media studies which made the filming easier for the two of us that filmed. We followed our storyboard with minor changes as there weren’t many people around the college when we were filming. We didn’t move around the college very much and staying in one location was useful for us. The only bit of the storyboard that we didn’t follow was the very first clip where we were supposed to show a clip of the weather. The clip was supposed to show how nice the weather was, but on the day of the filming the weather wasn’t as predicted and wouldn’t have linked in with the film. I learnt a few new skills when editing on adobe premiere. The editing worked well as we added background music which created a good atmosphere in our clip and adding sound was fairly simple. We added transitions to make the film flow better which made it look more professional. I feel that the whole editing process went well overall.