Media EvaluationQ7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have

learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

The Brief:Preliminary TaskContinuity task involving filming and editing a character open a door crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character with whom he/she then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule

Main Task

The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a

maximum of two minutes.

In our preliminary task, we had to demonstrate the basic rules of continuity editing:• Match on action• Shot reverse shot• 180-degree ruleWe also had to make sure we maintained these through or main product too.

Match on Action

In our preliminary task, we included many matches on action, one example, of this was switching from a long shot to close up of someone opening a door.

In our main task, we had to match the action of a drink being thrown. The timing was very important as the 2 characters had to make their response look at sudden and believable as possible.

Shot Reverse Shot

180-Degree Rule

This shot reverse shot in our main task was to illustrate to the audience which side each character was on in the argument.

In our preliminary task, we found it difficult at first to work out which shoulder we had to film over for the shot reverse shot to be correct.

In our 2 minute film, we actually broke the 180-degree rule. The purpose of this was to make the mothers entrance sudden and surprising for the audience, as the argument escalated.

In our preliminary task, the audience never sees the wall opposite to the computers, therefore maintaining the rule throughout.

As well as maintaining these, we also developed them to our advantage to make our horror film even scarier, as our skills had improved with practise. For example…We used a sudden shot reverse shot from Penelope’s foot on the pavement to a close up of the cars headlights coming towards her. This makes the car accident unexpected and evokes fear from the audience.

We also had to make sure Phoebes actions in the hospital were matched in order to make

them appear continuous. This is because the action in between was meant to be parallel and

in her head.

Moreover, as well as these methods, we also used…A graphic match in our titles to make the transitions smooth and to represent the connection between the girls as they are all going to the same party.

Before making our 2 minutes, we had never edited sound on Final Cut, therefore we

found it a challenge and had to play around when imputing our ambient music. For

example, the eerie music when our villain is introduced at the end of our opening.

Rather than driving a car towards the camera (which could be very dangerous!) we

used an zoom from a medium shot to an extreme close up. This was a method which

we had never used before and I was surprised at how effectively it worked.

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