Olivia and Ella AS: Prelim

Prelim Video

For the three aspects that had to be included - shot reverse shot, 180-degree rule and match on

action editing, we made sure we included all three. We did the 180-degree rule and shot reverse

shot combined when the conversation takes place at the beginning of the clip. We also included

match on action when the student walks into the computer room to pick up a belonging followed

by shot reverse shot on the scene where the conversation between teacher and student takes

place.

Whilst producing our prelim we came across a few problems that were interfering with our

filming. For example, one of the scenes we filmed involved collecting a belonging of the character

in which the filming came out a bit unsteady due to having a handheld device. We also were not

pleased with how the filming of the zooming in of the board stating “detention”. The filming did not

look as professional as the other clips of filming therefore it didn’t fit as well together.

We did however like the shots at the end of the shot reverse shot conversation between teacher and

student. Overall we were impressed with how it all fitted together and played smoothly.

Story Boards:

Ben Escott12 April 2017 at 13:10
You've managed to produce a film with the three required elements and some of it (the shot reverse shot for example) works well. There are a few issues which hopefully you can learn from. The first of these is your phone orientation which does not look cinematic! The other obvious one is the one you mentioned- the wobbly camera work. Always use a tripod where possible and find someone with a steady hand if you need to track and pan. There is always the steadicam if you need it!