Evaluation Of The Preliminary Task

This is our preliminary task piece. We filmed the piece using a Cannon 700D which enabled us to get high quality images, which makes it easier to see what is happening on screen. While filming the piece, we made sure that we kept to the following continuity editing rules; the 180 degree rule, shot reverse shot, and match on action. We did this by filming certain sections of the film in particular ways, in order to make the film look real and maintain continuity.

The first scene we filmed was a shot of character A walking down the stairs and opening a door handle. To keep in line with continuity, we filmed a close up of character A opening the door. We did this keep with match on action and to let the audience see that he actually opened the door, and didn't just go straight through it. This creates a sense of realism for the audience, to make the audience seem like they are with the character. We then see the character close the door behind him to further enhance the match on action present at this point.

The next shot shows the same character walking across a room to approach character B. We can see that there is possibly a bit too much space between  character A and the edge of the camera shot. This could be reduced because it distracts the audiences focus, which should be on the character, not on the setting.

Just at the end of the scene, we see character A raise his hand to give Character B a handshake. The next shot shows seamless editing which makes it extremely difficult to see a change in time through the cuts. This creates a realistic feeling to the audience as it seems like the cuts happened simultaneously, as there is no gap between the raising of the characters hand, and the next scene where he lowers it to shake the other characters hand.

The two characters then start to have a conversation about borrowing each others phone. While this conversation is taking place, we incorporated a shot reverse shot. This enabled the audience to see each characters face and emotion when having the conversation, and was required to be in the sequence somewhere, due to the guidelines for the preliminary task.

We then see the character walk back across the room. We filmed this because it was required in the specification of the preliminary task. We filmed this part of the task in one shot, to establish the surroundings of the location. The camera then zooms to a close up of the character opening the door handle. This is once again to keep with match on action throughout the film.

The camera then cuts to a medium shot of the character walking out the door. The camera then pans across the room, to track the character walking out the final set of doors, to end the task. This once again allows the audience to see the surrounding area where the task is being shot.