The story of our short preliminary task scene was as follows, a teacher was sitting in a room and then another teacher came in and handed him some paper work. Although a very simple plot, it was enough for us to demonstrate all the techniques that had to be demonstrated in the preliminary task.
We included every shot listed on the criteria.
We used the match on action shot when Ellese walked through the door, there was one shot of her outside the classroom and another one as she was entering from inside the classroom. This is an effective and typical use of the match on action.
The eye line match was used right at the end of the video, when Ellese looks at me and I look back at her in different angles.
The shot reverse shot was used during the dialogue between the two teachers, one line was taken as an over the shoulder shot of one person and then for the next line the camera man would switch and go behind the other person, and this switch would continue to happen all through the dialogue.
The 180 degree rule was not broken in our film, we kept the angle of the film relatively consistent throughout, and we did not really have enough space to work with to break the 180 degree rule. Even is we did, I do not think it would have improved our short film very much, so I am not too concerned about that.
Every technique that had to be used was used effectively. The one thing that I am not happy with is our use of the eye line match, it does not look like a good edit and we need to try angle it better next time we attempt the shot.
Overall, I think our film was successful. This is because we managed to use all the techniques required in a relatively short amount of time. However, this may also be seen as a downside, given how short our film was, it may feel as though it is overly rushed. I think it would be an improvement to make the film a little bit longer.
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