PLANNING: Preliminary Decisions

I am working in a group of three with Amy Bradley, Jessie Niven and myself. We chose to work together as we felt that we all had different qualities that would benefit the group. We can all use the Mac’s successfully to edit our work and I feel that I am quite organized which help the group at a later stage when we plan for the making of our film. Jessie is creative and good at acting so she will be good at starring in the film. We have all had previous experience with using the cameras so that will also help. We work well together and are all friends which are valid reasons to why we have chosen to work together.                                  
                   

Here is a picture of Amy, Jessie and myself,

The genre of movie we will be creating is Fantasy. The definition of a fantasy film is usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap, these are called sub-genres. Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary.

PLANNING: Storyboard

CONSTRUCTION: Preliminary

This is our preliminary task filmed by me, it involves filming and editing a character (Jessie) walking and opening doors this is an example of match on action. Jessie picks up Amy’s phone and walks to give it back to her. Jessie then crosses a room and sits down on a chair opposite another character (Amy) with whom she exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This is an example of shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

RESEARCH: 180 degree rule

The 180degree rule is a filming technique which is shot anywhere within a 180degree perimeter. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle. If broken verisimilitude will not be created and it will disorient the viewer, and break the flow of the scene. Here is an annotated drawing of the 180degree rule which shows the rule of the technique.

Here is an example of the 180degree rule; it shows filming around the 180degree perimeter.

RESEARCH: Shot/Reverse Shot

A shot/reverse shot is a continuity editing technique that views the action from the opposite side of the previous shot; it is used during conversation between two actors or simply characters looking at each other or objects. Each person’s lines are filmed separately and then edited together to create verisimilitude.

RESEARCH: Match on Action

Match on action is several shots edited together to give the impression of a continuous shot. The chronological sequences of events are an example of continuity editing, it is important in helping the audience to understand what is happening on screen. It also gives the illusion that the motion continues uninterrupted.
The illusion of reality is created by cutting during an action to another camera at a different angle from the same point in time that you left it from in the previous shot. This is used to continue the flow of the scene and to create verisimilitude. The purpose of  this technique is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.


Here is an example of match on action. The video shows me walking through a door and passing the camera on the right. I then reappear on the left and walk towards another door. We then moved the camera to the other side of the door so it created the illusion of the scene being taken in one shot. I open the door and walk off towards the right and then reappear on the left, I then walk towards the door. We then re-positioned the camera on the other side of the door which I then opened and walked towards the camera and off to the right.