Preliminary Task

Preliminary task

Continuity Editing- The techniques used to eliminate interruptions in the story-line of a film. Cuts made during the editing process are masked or covered-up with smooth tranisitions and direct overlaps so that motion, action, dialogue and locations appear realistically with little or no psychological effect.

The Three Camera Shot Rules - 180 degree rule, match on action, shot/reverse shot.

For our preliminary task we had to make a short interview with two or more characters, and we had to use the three rules listed above and below:

- 180 degree rule- The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters  in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle. If you crossed the line it make the footage less professional and will confuse the audience, so it is necessary that you think about every shot you are taking.

- Match on Action shot- A match on action shot is when some action occurring before the temporarily questionable cut is picked up where the cut left it by the shot immediately following. For example a person walking through a door. the first shot is a long shot of the subject walking throught the door, and using match on action shot, we place the camera insde that room to show the subject walking into the room through the door. 

- Shot Reverse Shot- A film technique where one character is shown looking at another character , and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other