Continuity editing techniques

Match on action:
An example of match on action would be; someone is reaching to open a door, then they may freeze mid-way through the process of opening it. The camera would pause and then cut to a close up of the persons hand about to open the door, then it continues with them opening the door. After this they may freeze after pulling the door open and the camera zooms out again and shows them walking through the door in what could be a possible long or mid-shot. The only problem with match on action is when editing it is difficult to make it so it all appears to flow as if it has not been paused and re-done several times.

Eyeline match:
An eyeline match is where the camera would show a close-up of a persons face with them looking in a certain direction. The camera would then cut to an image of an object to show the audience/viewer what the person was looking at. The camera would then cut back to the persons face after showing what they were looking out to then show the reaction of that character.

180 degree rule:
The 180 degree rule is very basic. It is just to ensure that the clip looks correct and makes everything look where it is supposed to be. For example, if the camera at the start of the clip was on the left hand side of a character then it would have to remain on that side of the character for the rest of that clip or it would not look continuous and would make it difficult for an audience member to follow the clip as everything would then seem to be out of place.

Master shot:
A master shot is basically the same as a long or establishing shot. The main purpose of this shot is to give the audience a clear view of the setting, and that this is the place that the majority of this clip is going to be in.

Shot reverse shot:
Shot reverse shot mainly happens when there is dialogue in a clip between two characters. When one character speaks the camera will focus mainly on them, and then when they have finished what they are saying the camera will cut from them to the other to show what they are saying. Again when they have finished the bit of dialogue they have it will again cut back to the other character to sho what they are saying. This is good because it also enables the audience to see the facial expressions of the characters while thay are talking and get an understanding of how the characters are feeling in that situation.

WWW and EBI of 'Preliminary task'.

WWW- We were able to get the different shots that we had to get to do the task successfully, and finish all of the editing and filming, to how we wanted it to look.

EBI- It would have been better if we didn't have to start the whole task again, and change the story we wanted to put behind it, because it made it look slightly scrappy and in places the editing is a bit off because we had to rush through it to get the task done.

induction WWW and EBI

WWW-Was able to do the work set fairly easily, because I had learned most of it at GCSE level.

EBI- I anaylsed all of my work in a lot more detail because a lot of it was quite brief and not very detailed.

activity I think I could have done better on

The activity I think could do with improving is the 'push a litle button' one because we ran out of ideas really quickly which made it hard to get good shots of buttons. Also the camera was really shaky when we took the shots so it dodn't look too great.

blogging practice-personalising my blog

To personalise my blog I went onto design to change the background of my page and edit and change the font style and colour I wanted to have on my blog. You can choose the background you want and the font styles and colours you want to use.

blogging practice-adding photos

To add an image you have to click on the icon third from the end, click onto browse select your image and the positioning you want it on the page then click upload and it will be there.

favourite activity in induction

my favourite activity so far from the induction was probably the jobsite advert because we got to go out on our own filming following a script. However, it was good because we made our own interpretation of it and got to go do it our own way wherever we wanted to take the shots. i think we did well because we used a variety of different shots and followed the script well.

Brief

For this work we have to create a two minute title/opening sequence for a film of a genre of our choice.