The 4 techniques we had to include in the preliminary task

180 degree rule:
The 180 degree rule is when you have 2 characters in a clip/scene and the camera is always on the same side of the characters throughout it. for example, if one of the characters walks into the room and the camera is filming from their left then from then on in that clip the camera must remain on that characters left; this means that the camera would have to stay on the other characters right for the entire clip. however, this rule can be broken if we see the camera behind one of the characters and we see it cross the line to theo other side of them. This is because the viewer will be able to see that the camera has changed the sides of the characters it is filming on, making sure that it still looks continuous.

Match on action:
Match on action is when we see a character doing something, e.g. opening a door, and as they may go to grab the handle to pull it open the camera would cut with it then in the next shot showing perhaps in a close up of the characters hand pulling the door open. Then it would cut again to a long or mid shot of the character as they are walking through on the other side of the door. This is very effective because it looks good and helps add a variety of shots to a clip. However, if when editing the clip is not cut correctly it would not look continuous as we may see them walk up to the door without reaching for it and then them oopening the door; this would be bad bacause it would not make the piece continuous and would make the clip look bad.

Shot reverse shot:
the shot reverse shot is often used when there are 2 characters involved having a conversation. The camera would probably use a close up for this and all it does is show one character speaking, then cut into the next shot still using a close up, of the other character talking, it would then cut back to the first character who spoke from the same shot. This is usually used to show a characers facial expressions when they are talking so a viewer can probably get a better understanding of how the characters are feeling in the clip.

Eyeline match:
An eyeline match is where one shot may show a character walk into a room, freeze and look down at something. The camera would then cut from that character into a close up of what that character was looking at. The camera then cuts back to the character in the position it cut from them in the first place and the scene would just continue on. However, if again this is not edited correctly and the character is in a different position from what they was in when the camera first cut from them, then again it would not look continuous and would make the scene look wrong.

WWW and EBI of the preliminary task

WWW- Successfully completed the task including everything that we needed to include in it so that it looked good (follow the 180 degree rule, use match on action, shot reverve shot and eyeline match). We also managed to use a variety of shots and use a good match on action shot when the door was being opened at the beginning.

EBI- In a couple of the shots you are able to hear us say action at the beginning of them, so we probably needed to work on the timing of all of the cuts of our clips when editing so you are not able to hear us say action.

Preliminary task

Continuity editing is an important filming technique because it makes a clip flow better and as it is continuous it is easier for a viewer to follow what is happening and understand it. Continuity editing is basically where a clip all links while it plays and it follows a basic story-line.

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.