Question 7

7) Looking back at your preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

My preliminary task presents a clip of me and Toni talking about some gossip on the piece of paper Toni has, and her showing it to me. When we did our preliminary task, we had to focus on using shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule and match on action. We had to first of all think about how we are going to use all these techniques in our preliminary task, and to show the significance of them.

 This tube chop shows in the preliminary task that the 180 degree rule has been used, from when Toni comes into the video and I am sitting in the classroom waiting for her and showing that we are going to start a conversation. This evidently shows that the camera is exactly in the middle where the 180 degree point is used, and has not gone past the line and has not broken the rule.

 

 The tube chop in my preliminary links to my opening sequence, as you can see in this one we have also used the 180 degree rule when we are lost in the forest and cant find the boys. This signifies that the girls are lost in the woods and this shot is effective as you can see the location they are in, the conversation we are having and what the characters are wearing. Furthermore, we are not breaking the rule at any time as we are again in the centre of the camera (on the 180 degree point)and have not gone past the line.

 We have also shown in our preliminary match on action where one action goes through into 2 shots. This technique allows you to understand how to make the shots between each other move smoothly into each other. We used it in our preliminary when Toni gives me the note about the gossip she knows and it goes from her giving it to me, then another shot of me taking it. We have also straight after used another match on action when im looking at the note, as we did it from when i am opening the letter, we did it from two view points one from me looking at it, and then an over the shoulder shot of me looking at the note but seeing what it actually says.


Linking this back to the preliminary task, we have consequently used match on action in our opening sequence. We have used this at the beginning of the opening sequence where the 2 girls are walking into the forest, and when they are walking through the branches in the forest, this is where we have used match on action. The two shots from both sides smoothly go together, and show that someone is watching them from

both sides.