Preliminary Task

In this task we aimed to produce a successful short video where we demonstrate three key camera techniques - Match on action, shot/reverse shot and 180-degree rule. The most important reason for doing this task was to practice these techniques so we can include them in our final production.




Learning comment: This task proved very successful for my group as it allowed us to identify what we need to improve on when it comes to our final production. Several ways of improving we identified were aspects of the video such as faulty framing. Although it looks unprofessional in this video, it proves to be great value to us because we can make sure it will not happen in our final production. In addition, we had minor difficulties with the 'shot reverse' camera technique because of the number of actors and cameramen we had. As a result, we will carefully plan the logistics of our filming before filming days. This will allow us to efficiently make our opening sequence with hopefully completing our production within the set time scale. Despite my minor faults in our video that we have identified and will erase when it comes to final production, this preliminary task was a very good way of introducing complex camera techniques and rules such as 180-degree rule. Therefore we will be able to use these techniques when it comes to our final production in order to achieve a high grade.