AS Preliminary Task

A preliminary task is a continuity task which involves filming and editing a character, opening a door, crossing across a room and sitting down opposite another character. They then exchange a couple of words of dialogue to create a sense of realism whilst sticking to the 180 degree rule.

The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline which states two characters which are seen to be in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship. The camera should be positioned within 180 degrees. If this rule is broken as there would be no sense of realism which could also confuse the audience. 

Shot reverse Shot: Shot reverse shot is an editing technique where two characters are shown to be having a conversation whilst the shot is reversed between the two characters, to represent which character is speaking. This then allows the audience to be aware of the conversation but also what character is saying what within the conversation also carrying on the sense of realism.

Match of action: This is another editing technique but this technique shows continuity between the shots, for example if a character is walking in a shot, it will be edited to show the character continuing walking in the next shot.    

For my preliminary task there were three key features i focused on, pre production, post production and filming. Pre production was mainly a brief brain storm and mind mapping ideas for our task that included the three main shots. The 180 degree rule, shot reverse shot and action match.

In my preliminary task I had to include: A character opening a door, cutting across a room and sitting down opposite another character. The characters then exchange couple of lines of dialogue, showing shot reverse shot. 

I planned our task well making structured lines, meaning the task would run smoothly as the characters would know their movements and lines. 

 In these screenshot you can see one of the characters outside of the door, with another screenshot which shows an extreme close up of the characters hand on the door handle showing he is about to enter the room creating the sense of realism. It then cuts to the character entering the room this represents action match as it shows two sides of something as it is being done. 

In these screen shots it is showing shot reverse shot, as the camera switch sides to show the two characters. This makes the dialogue being exchanged much easier to see as you are able to see which character is speaking at the time but also keeping the feel of continuity as it keeps the flow of shots.