Rules Of Filming Preliminary Task

Conversation

In our preliminary task we found it quite successful when filming and editing. The filming was adequate as we got a range of shots such as close ups, medium shots and long shots. Then we successfully used the shot reverse shot where Lydia and Hannah had a conversation. We done this by one person speaking separately then putting the conversation together through editing. We also used the match on action which was efficacious as it flowed easily when cutting corners and you can clearly see that it was constant with no jump starts. This is due to the editing of the film as we would cut certain bits out to avoid jump starts making the audience watch the clip comfortably.

Next time there may be certain things that we could do differently such as adding more film practises so the clip looks more professional. Also when it comes to the editing we could improve by adding in non diegetic sound which may create tension and help create a mood, it also just makes it more entertaining for the audience to watch. There are also editing skills such as adding transitions for the ending and start, this will look preferable as you could fade it out into black or white. We could have also added effects to change lighting or used the camera to do this. This may be effective as it would show the audience the most important character.

We only used the shot reverse shot and match on action. We used this by taking two separate conversations, the camera would be placed where the opposite person would be sitting. The effective of this is that it looks like the people are talking directly to each other and you can see what the other person can see. This is compelling as it engages the audience and makes them feel like they are involved in the conversation. The other film practice we used was match on action. We done this by taking many scenes and cutting them  when we got to editing. This is effective as without it there would be many pauses and the clip would not have any seamless movements between shots making it a poor clip with no camera skills making the audience not want to watch it.