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Blog Update - Premlim Task Evaluation

The document discusses a student's preliminary film task for a class. It includes: 1) An explanation of the task which is to create a 30 second video demonstrating a 180 degree shot, shot/reverse shot, and match on action. 2) A description of how the student chose a room location that resembled an office space and was tidy for filming their scene of a teacher meeting with their boss. 3) Details on how they filmed the 180 degree rule correctly and created a match on action between shots of a character opening a door and walking to their seat.

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Blog Update - Premlim Task Evaluation

The document discusses a student's preliminary film task for a class. It includes: 1) An explanation of the task which is to create a 30 second video demonstrating a 180 degree shot, shot/reverse shot, and match on action. 2) A description of how the student chose a room location that resembled an office space and was tidy for filming their scene of a teacher meeting with their boss. 3) Details on how they filmed the 180 degree rule correctly and created a match on action between shots of a character opening a door and walking to their seat.

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-SCRIPTPrelim Task:

What will the prelim entail?


The prelim will be a 30 second video, representing the conversation being a
teacher and his boss. It will feature a 180-degree-shot, shot/reverse shot and
match on action.
What do the two rules you need to demonstrate mean?
In the prelim we will be using the 180 degree rule; a guideline which states that
the camera must never pass the imaginary line. It must only ever change angle
within the 180 degree angle of that line. We will also be using match on action.
This technique is where you edit the footage to make two shots with a different
viewpoint flow.
A summary of your initial ideas:
A male teacher is having a meeting with his boss about the way he sanctions
students and gets fired.

Prelim filming task:


How you chose your filming location:
When deciding on the location of our prelim, we discussed what area in the
school would help represent an office well. We initially had the idea to film in the
conference room in the sixth form however after reviewing it we decided that it
didnt look as similar to an office as wed hoped. After looking around some
more, we discovered a small room that appeared quite private with blinds and
enough space to allow us to move around and have a table and chairs. The room
was also very tidy which enhanced the bosses appearance and presentation. It
was ideal for our prelim and was allowing us to have the space we needed to film
and direct; it especially helped film certain filming techniques or rules such as
the 180 degree rule.
How you filmed 180 degree rule and match-on-action:
Whilst editing we noticed that whilst filming, we actually broke the rule; we
filmed behind the actors instead of in front, in the same angle that wed been
filming in from the beginning. To correct this we went out in our own time and refilmed to make sure that when using the mid-shot, we didn't alternate the sides
we were filming on. To produce the match-on-action, we filmed using a close up
of the actor opening the door to the office. During the editing process we cut him
walking in and placed a point-of-view shot of the teacher going over to his seat
and sitting down in front of the boss. The match-on-action is a "visual bridge"
which draws the audiences attention towards the action of the scene in a
continuous way.
How you realised or adapted your initial ideas:

Initially me and my partner planned to create our prelim based on the idea of a
quiz show in the six form however after story boarding and scripting it we
realised that it would be a lot longer than the brief of 30 seconds long. As a result
we decided to change our script and narrative and wrote about a school teacher
being fired for the way that he teaches and sanctions. Once we'd scripted the
prelim, we read the lines to confirm that it was within time conditions; they were.
We decided that this narrative idea would work well with the breif as it's quite
simplistic and would allow us to use shot/reverse shot, the 180 degree rule and
match-on-action.

Blog Update: Prelim Task


Role during the filming and editing process:
During the production of my groups prelim, I took the role of filming. I had to
make sure that I had the correct angles and shots that we hoped for. I also
needed to follow the story board accurately so that it would work well in the
editing process. During the editing process, in my group we split the role so that
wed both do equal amounts of work. This meant that wed both get a chance to
practice using Final Cut Pro X and would get to try out different techniques; in the
production side, my partner took the role of directing. She would make sure that
the actors were getting their lines correct and following our storyboard, therefore
she also helped me follow it.
How did you meet the brief and edit the 180 degree rule and match-onaction?
To meet the brief and create a successful match-on-action, we cut two frames
together so that they flowed. We had a close up of the protagonists hand
opening the door, which then cut right to a point-of-view shot of him walking
towards his seat and sitting down. This did not work as well as wed initially
hoped, therefore in future wed not have this shot in particular right after. To
meet the brief of the 180 degree rule, we never broke it. This worked as the
position of the actors and props never changed sides and we never filmed on the
opposite side that wed started on.
Overall, what worked well and what could be even better about your
groups planning, filming and editing of the prelim?
Throughout the duration of my groups planning, filming and editing we faced
both obstacles and advantages. In the planning process we were successful in
writing our script and designing the story board. We also read our script out-loud
to make sure that it was within the set time of 30 seconds. Although in planning
with a stop watch went well, whilst editing we found that it was in fact a lot
longer due to the shots. Never the less, throughout the actual filming process,
we did follow these plans. An aspect of the shooting process that we need to
improve is filming the entirety of the scene in each angle that weve planned to
have on our storyboard. This will make it easier to put the shots together in the
editing process; whilst filming I only shot the lines that we wanted in the specific
camera shots and angles which made it difficult to produce what wed hoped for.
We were successful in filming however because our 180-rule was never broken in
the final piece; whilst editing the footage we realised that we had in fact broken

it and so we re-filmed it. I understand the importance of it as a result and will


avoid breaking it in future.

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