Preliminary Exercise Evaluation

Preliminary Exercise Evaluation

For this exercise we had to include many editing techniques into our sequence. This short film was about a pupil being late for class and responding to the teacher in an unacceptable manor. Whilst filming this, there were many techniques that we had to include, these were: Match on Action, Eye line Match Shot, Shot/Reverse Shot and not breaking the 180 degree rule.

We used all of these techniques through our film to complete the task. We did not break the 180 degree rule as the two characters in the same scene always had the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera did pass over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it would be called ‘crossing the line’.

Match on Action is when the character starts an action in one shot and then see them continue in the next. We was able to create the match on action very smoothly. We used the Match on Action three times within our film. We used it as the pupil was walking up the stairs, walking down the corridor and walking through a door.

We used a very simple Eye line Match Shot within our film. An Eye line Match Shot is when we see a character looking at something off screen and then we cut to a shot of what they are looking at. We used this twice with different characters but with the same object. We done this to show that they were both looking at the same object.

Finally we used the shot/reverse shot to show the conversation between the pupil and the teacher. We also added in a master shot to show who the conversation was between. The shot/reverse shot was shown by only showing the shoulder of character A as character B speaks. This then swaps to show the response.

In my opinion we used all of the techniques correctly. However the Eye line Match Shot was very unstable. If this wasn’t unstable the whole sequence would have been accurate. During the editing of our film, we watched back what we have filmed. We realised that whilst speaking, it wasn’t picking up any sound. This was due to the microphone not being turned on. However, we resolved this by doing a voiceover on top of what had been said. This solved our problem. Next time we have learned to check everything is fine and turned on before we start filming. Also it would be a good idea to play back what we have filmed just in case there were any errors.

Overall I thought our film was very good in the way everything was set out and how it all worked out. I thought that the way we edited our film was very smooth and had no mistakes. To make improvements on this film we would use a tripod whilst filming the Eye line Match Shot. This is because it would be stable and look much better. Also to improve for next time we would make sure that the microphone is on and working and play back what we have filmed.