Preliminary Task September 2014

Assessment 3: MAP 1

Brief: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another 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.

Evidence of match on action

Evidence of shot reverse shot

Evidence of 180 rule

Evaluation of task (comment on use of planning, use of camera, use of Final Cut Pro and working as part of a group. Include 2 areas for improvement, which you work on during the main task.)

The planning for this video was done as a team, we all contributed ideas for the plot, setting and script. I personally thought about the cinematography and then filmed with the camera. I used the Canon EOS 60D to film with, as it gave a better video quality to the film. I used Final Cut Pro to edit the video and add sounds to it. I fount the software easy to use, which made the video easier to create as the software only used drag and drop format. Overall, I think the group worked well as a team towards the end of the video, but to improve, I think that some of the people in the group need to be more confident in acting and need to be less camera shy.