Importance of 180 degree rule

1. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

2. Importance of 180 degree rule The preliminary exercise was an introduction of useful techniques such as watching for the 180 Degree Rule when recording a sequence of different shots and also using shot-reverse shot to engage audiences with conversations taking place. These examples of techniques were shown to me with a clip from the film Sexy Beast (2000) The techniques we learned were important to development of our ideas and shot ideas. The 180 degree rule was practically important as it kept the scene in continuity and didn’t confuse views as they were watching the actions on screen. Altering were the camera is placed could disorient the viewer from what is happening in a scene e.g. this link better explains my points of using 180 degree rulehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CmUN3tg0i0

3. Learning the 180 degree rule also helped in using other techniques like match on action shots and shot-reverse shots. Match On Action We can see her that Jonathon is opening the door, this is one match on action shot shown in our preliminary exercise Here Jonathon enters the room and is seen with another character, this shot is good because you have a close–up figure (door and shadow) and a distance object ( character and chairs) Then the camera switches to inside the room showing Jonathon finish the action on screen as his hand is on the door handle closing the door.

4. A shot reverse shot is used to show a conversion between characters and to also show the general setting of location. The characters are shown facing the opposite direction therefore the viewer will think that they are facing each other. Also since the viewer see the shoulder line or back of the head this helps the audience understand the placing of the characters. Shot-reverse shot

5. Learning process of techniques From are preliminary exercise we saw how not paying close attention to how the camera was positioned could greatly affect who the overall clip looked. When we watch our clip in the editing a few problems occurred such as echoing sound, shots out of continuity and director seen in one of the shots. This shot was a match on action shot between Jonathon walking to the door then opening the door . We learned from doing this exercise that tasks should be delegated to people who better understand that area of film, whilst teach newcomers We can see that in this shot that the actor (Jonathon) is walking towards a door the camera is placed at a low angle on the left side This match on action shot of Jonathon placing his hand on the door. This shot had to be mirrored/flipped due to the original shot was shown from the right side this explains the awkward hand position shown in this shot. Likewise this shot also had to be mirrored to keep the various shots in continuity with the rest of the clip.

6. We started planning our opening title sequence by having conversation as a group sharing are ideas and placing them on a mind map. After we decided on the story and characters behind the OTS. we experimented with storyboards and had made a storyboard with angle, shot ideas we wanted to see in the final product. we had applied similar camera techniques to our opening title on the Filming Day. Since we had a better understanding of filming techniques we were fairly confident with what we were doing and we managed to keep the opening in continuity with itself. I personal really enjoyed the shot of the dead girl because we had managed to get fake blood ( red die). However we had to reshot because of a lack of shot involving the tunnel location itself to edit the sequences together smoothly. Opening title sequence and preliminary exercise We used the 180 degree rule however we did not use Match on action or shot-reverse shot because are film had no dialogue so shot-reverse shot was not needed, also there was no match on actions shots because there were only two characters and one of the characters was dead and Lee (the detective) was praying in a church on his own, so there was no opportunity for a match on action shot. I believe are final still need a some work in the edit how ever I have learnt that when editing footage, don’t have too many cuts and keep the opening more stream-line and let the opening breath in terms of having small breaks to let information be analysed by the viewer.

7. Working in a group When we did are preliminary exercise I was in a group of three people; Director; Joanne Lloyd. Actor and creative consultant; Jonathon Stephenson. Camera woman; Nagathe Rubingisa. When we delegated the tasks we chooses each persons strongest trait in media and gave them that specific role in the exercise. When we were and agreeing with the shots we were going to do in the exercise. We made a storyboard however we decided to switched the order of shots . We firstly set up the camera in the hall-way a full height and placed Jonathon at the end of the hall-way the did a panning shot when he walked past the camera. How ever there was a problem when we panned the director got in the shot we fixed this by cutting the footage. Then Nagathe moved the camera to next the door at a the shortest height and then Jonathon walked towards the door. Then Nagathe placed the camera at the door at shoot the door nob when Jonathon reached to open the door. Then we used a “over the shoulder shot” with Jonathon as he opened the door and the director sitting inside. The reason a group worked well together was because we all had a say in what happened e.g. when we made to story boards, shot ideas and saying what roles we would preferred over others and compromising.