Our Completed Prelim Film

Evidence of filming

Evidence of filming

Evaluation

ebi- We should of incorporated a while balance because this would of improved the colour of our film and make it look visually appealing for our audience. Another improvement we could have made whilst filming is our characters costumes, we could have dressed them more appropriately to fit our storyline. The lighting would have been better if it was darker in the over shoulder shot because the scene is dramatic and scary. in our opening scene our characters changes direction by accident this makes our match on action shot wrong, however when we started editing we noticed this and edited the scene to the opposite side, this completes our match on action shot.

www- The shots we chose are good because we have tried to use different shot types and follow the 180 degree rule. we have also incorporated different angles to make this interesting and bore the viewer.

Evidence of filming

Me and Sophie went to the place of filming to test some of our shots and see how they would look before we film. Here are a few of the pictures we took.

Our Storyboard

Our Storyboard

Allocated Roles

The group only consists of two members, so both will be taking up many extra roles, usually taken by the other members. We will be sharing the roles evenly amongst the two of us.

Ross: Camera Operator

Ross:
My first role will be the director of filming, whilst we will both be sharing the responsibilities. We will have one or two specialist roles. This role will mean that I will be co-ordinating the shooting process and calling out leads, and starting and finishing filming. My next role will be camera operator however Dan and I will both share the job. Finally I will be the casting director, casting actors where appropriate.

Dan:

Dan: Sound Recorder

Dan has prior experience in sound recording and so has taken it upon himself to be the sound recorder. He has learnt in the past to manipulate sound, and the editing is one of his skills. He also has experience in digital design and so has been allocated the role of storyboard artist for his creativity. Location scout will also fall under his responsibilities.

We will both share the role of prop manager as neither of us are particularly experienced in this field.

Task Allocation

Task Allocation

• Camera operator - assign the person most skilled at this to this task.-Allan
• Sound recorder-Sophie
• At least two people should take responsibility for filming.-Allan, Neve 
• Storyboard artist/s (draws storyboard to group’s plans)- Neve
• Location Scout/s (selects locations and organises to shoot there)- Sophie
• Prop Manager (organises props for shooting)- Sophie
• Casting Director (organises actors where needed)- Allan
• Director of filming (calls lead in and out to start and end filming)- Neve

Match On Action

Match on Action

Match on action is an editing technique for continuity editing where one shot cuts to another shot which portrays the the action of the subject in the first shot. This enhances flow and portrays a continuous sense of the same action rather than matching two separate things.

Shot Reverse Shot

Shot Reverse Shot

Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), 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. 

This rule is the basis behind Eyeline Match, another rule where the character's eyes must be looking in the direction that they started at for each scene. If this does not happen, the viewer can get confused, as it looks like the two characters are facing the same direction.

 It is very comparable to the 180 degree rule, which  most of the continuity rules stem from.

The 180 Degree Rule

The 180 Degree Rule

The 180 degree rule is  very important to reduce viewer confusion and to increase flow/continuity. The basic principle is having an invisible line between the actors, which the camera cannot cross when filming. The reason behind this is to ensure that the actors are always facing the direction they started in, and they also stay on the same side. The image portrays this. Keeping the cameras on one side of the actors is imperative because the viewer has to understand where everything is in the scene. This rule does not restrict the uses of different camera angles and or shot sizes, these are unaffected.




Here is an example of an 180 degree rule being used:

The 180 degree rule is arguably the most important and synergizes with the other continuity editing rules. Keeping to the 180 degree rule could possibly be the most significant part of our filming process. If the viewer becomes confused and has lost track of what is going on in the scene, it is inevitable that concentration will be lost.

Preliminary Task

Here is the link to the preliminary task.

shot/reverse shot

shot/reverse shot

Shot/reverse shot is a continuity editing technique used in conversations or simply used for characters looking at eachother or objects. Either a point of view or over the shoulder shot.it is followed by a reverse angle shot of the character themselves looking at it or of another character looking back at them. Shot/reverse shot often ties in with the 180 degree rule to retain continuity without distorting the viewers sense of location. 



The second image is showing the camera position and characters position when filming a shot/reverse shot aswell as using the 180 degree rule.

The 180 Degree Rule

The 180 Degree Rule

The 180-degree rule is a basic guideline for the on-screen relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. There is an imaginary line that goes between the subject of the current shot (who will be the audience’s focus of attention) and the object that this subject is looking at (which can be a person or thing).  The camera passing over the imaginary line is called jumping the line or crossing the line; breaking the 180-degree rule by shooting on all sides. The object that is being filmed must always remain in the centre, while the camera must always face towards the object. The line can be shifting around all over the place, and it may not be between the two people talking at all. 

If you break the rule it will confuse the audience, they will lose focus, become disorientated and miss vital parts of the film. However, there are ways of getting around the rule. The only way to cross the line without disorientating the audience is to show the camera movement. You cannot cut across the line or the viewer will be disorientated. Once the line has been crossed, and movement is shown, you have to stay on that side of the line, unless you show the movement back over it.

This image shows where the camera is allowed (the green area) and where the camera is not allowed (the red area). It also shows that if the camera goes onto the red side, the people would switch around.

This is a link to a scene where the 180 degree rule is broken.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN6TPtaBKwk