Evaluation

The brief we were given was to create and film a conversation between two people that included match on action, shot reverse shot and that stuck with the 180 degree line rule.

The 180-degree line rule in filming is an imaginary straight line that the camera cannot cross when filming all of the footage. The shot reverse shot is an over the shoulder shot used usually when two people are in conversation. This type of shot utilises the 180-degree line rule in order to establish and maintain where the two characters in the scene. Match on action is where the perspective of a camera changes during a scene and the scene continues to flow.

In order to make sure that our scene was successful we did a lot of planning. We first did a risk assessment in order to make sure that we were aware of all the possible dangers that could occur. We then wrote out a script on celtx so that we had all the dialogue for our scene. From this we could then produce a storyboard of what our scene would look like when we filmed it. After finishing the storyboard we were onto the actual filming but before that we had to do some location research in order to decide where we would film our scene. We also took down a list of shots that we had to include in our scene.

We started off our short film by filming Adam walking down a corridor and entering a corridor using a long shot. We then filmed the same part of the scene again but this time we did a close up of Adams hand on the handle when entering the room. After capturing the close up we again filmed the scene but this time we set up the inside the room and filmed Adam coming into the room. We then moved on to the next part of the scene in which Adam sat down and started talking to Jake. We used the shot reverse shot to film the conversation along with a two shot. The reason for us filming the same scene so many times in different ways is so that we could produce a realistic match on action. Although we were eventually successful in our filming of the scene, we did have some difficulties during the process. One of the difficulties was that we had to film the conversation a number of times as the actors kept laughing and forgetting their lines. We also took quite along time to get used to the celtx system and had difficulty at the start.

To edit our film we used the programme known as ‘Final Cut’ and we all found it quite easy to use. To use the programme we first had to link up our camera and sync all of our footage onto the computer. Once we had our footage ready we dragged it onto the toolbar and cut our pieces of footage to the correct length. We made sure that all of our footage went in the correct order and that it fit in with match on action. After this we then added a sound bridge over the film in order to hide the editing. We did this by cutting the audio at a different time to the film. After adding this we wanted to make each cut run more smoothly, we did this by adding a roll on the film. This was the film itself edited so we then wanted to add text at the start which explained what the film was about.