Preliminary Task- Requirements

Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite anoher character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. this task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Match on action -single action, seems continuous.

180-degree rule-if you go over the 180 degrees then it will look as though the characters are next to each other. This is not effective if the characters are having a conversation like the one required so it is important to make sure this is done.

Looking at film pre-production:

• Storyboarding
• Casting
• Scripting with directions
• Location
• Diaries, dates and times
• Camera operation, technical skills

FILM LANGUAGE

Editing and Sound:

• Editing is a crucial part of film language
• It structures the narrative
• Links scenes/events together
• Follows a logical order/time span
• Some films distort this, eg. flashbacks

There are many different types of editing:

Fade/dissolve

• Fade images come through another image
• Dissolve-'feathered in'
• Superimpositions-shots layered
• Wipe, 'page-turning', usually used for change of location.
• Inset, similar to insert, a shot within a shot.
• Split screen, two scenes, two locations being simultaneously shown
• Stock shot- usually used for factual films, images created by others.