Preliminary Video

The task was to create a short film which consisted of 3 camera shots which were, match on action, the 180 degree rule and the shot reverse shot. The video itself was shot in school.

Here is our finished preliminary video.

After we put all the clips onto the computer and used Final Cut Express. We had to roughly learn how to use this software but it was quite easy to work once you knew where to find everything. After editing we rendered it, and  kept the file size as small as possible to save time when uploading it to YouTube. This is because it can take a very long time with large files to upload onto YouTube. 

From this i have understood more about shot types and a little more into Final Cut Express. This will be very helpful and this will make me remember the shot types easier.

For our preliminary task we had to show  our knowledge of what we have learnt in class over the last few lessons. We showed this by making a short film/video showing a number of different camera shots and rules. The ones we used were "Shot Reverse Shot", "180 degrees Rule" and "Match on action". 

The first one we did was a Match On Action shot which connected the clips seamlessly and smooth, this is the  shot where Jake walks down the stairs and opens the door and walks through it. We used this to show and exaggerate the fact hes opening the door. The camera shows him walking down the stairs, then the next clip shows a close up of the door handle, then back to a normal shot at the other side of the door. This is all done with Match on Action to make it seem as all one movement.

We then used a low angle shot to capture Jake walking through the class. We purposely didn't show him face so we could leave it a mystery until he spoke. This is called Narrative Enigma, we thought this would be good because we wanted the video to seem a bit of a mystery, like James Bond.

Then we showed an over the shoulder shot. We also used the 180 degree rule while filming. At the end we used the Shot Reverse Shot, while Jake and Declan were having a convosation. This makes is play more smooth and makes the viewer seem like they are there.