Preliminary task filming research

Prelim task filming research

As we will soon be doing our prelim task i'm going to research some important techniques used in the prelim task.

Match on action

Match on action is a commonly used technique. it's used by the editor to cuts one shot to another one view of the exact same shot so that the continuity doesn't break this can be used in many ways such as a man reaching for his weapon, a person entering a car and the most well known one someone opening a door and it cuts to the mans hand turning the door knob. this is used to create dramatic effect in the scene however this can change depending whats happening (picking up gun more dramatic than opening door). This can be seen in the example as the camera cuts from the man opening the door to the man walking through the door.

Shot/reverse shot

A shot reverse shot is a technique used in conversations. How it works is that the camera cuts from one person talking to another to show that characters who will then tell the other person something, after that the camera cuts back to the original person and shows their facial expressions. this is used to create tension in a dramatic situation as it's commonly used to shock the audience as the technique is normally used when information important to the plot is revealed. this is seen in the extract as the woman is talking to the man, who then reveals something to the woman  and we then see the woman's facial expression. These are seen in almost every film the for this because they are almost always used when two characters are having a conversation so you are likely to see many of them in a single film.

180 degree rule

the 180 degree rule is a important technique that is almost always used in a conversation. how it works is while two characters are having a conversation the camera is limited to a 180 degree angle this is that the characters are looking directly at each other and it also reveals their positioning and scene the characters are in while limiting our view to one side of conversation. However we still see the setting that they are in and we have a good idea of what the entire setting looks likes.

An example can be seen above of the limitation of the 180 degree rule. We can only see this side of scene however we can see the entire setting that the two characters are in and as this is for the entire clip the rule hasn't been broken so throughout the entire scene the man in blue will always be on the left and the man in black will be dressed in black. And if this is not the case the rule has been broken as it has shown more than half of the setting.

Film idea update

After talking to my group we have got a better idea of what are opening is going to be about. it's going to start with the character being chased (actor still unknown) who is on the roof of a building who's been sent to infiltrate the building for an reason unknown as we haven't figured that out yet. However two men enter the building in order to catch the infiltrator who now has to escape the building without being caught.
Now this is our first idea so there is a good chance that certain parts may be changed either to make filming easier or something happens such as not being able to film on the roof. We have also brain stormed some ideas which may or may not happen, First off the person being chased may have a ear piece with someone talking to them on the other side trying to guide them out the building, this next idea will most likely wont happen which is having the chase continue or the entire school grounds as when the man goes to escape the nearest exit is blocked off so he is chased around the building next to it. I say this will most likely not happen as we would firstly need to explain why the setting is in a school, we then would have to make sure there are few people around so that we can film without interruptions and we may need to get permission run around the whole site so in the end it's a lot of work just to get some extra footage. However one thing I haven't discussed with my group but may want to try to implement is having a stealth section in the opening were the person being chased has to sneak pass the men chasing him I think this would be a good idea as it will help make suspense and tension in my movie.