Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task

 

During lesson we were given a Preliminary task to complete. This was to demonstrate continuity editing. The task must show the following skills:

•  Match on Action
• Shot/Reverse Shot
• 180 degree rule
• Eyeline Match

In one of my other posts the techniques above have been explained. But here they are again:

Match on action:
Is when we see a character start an action in one shot and then see them continue it in the next.

Shot/Reverse shot:
Is when one frame is shot reasonably close to fit the persons face and the other persons shoulder in the frame. Then it is reversed to show the other persons face and the person they're talking to shoulder. Then it's reversed again, however many times that are desired.

The 180 degrees rule:Is a basic guideline to help film action. It states that two characters in the scene should always have the same left/right realtionship to eachother.

Eyeline match:
Is self explanatory, for example in frame 1 we see Person A looking straight forwards, then in frame 2 we see Person B looking straight forwards, therefore it looks like they're looking at eachother.

Our Preliminary task is shown below, hope you enjoy!