Filming Difficulties!

It turns out the room we were going to begin our filming in had a class scheduled (which we should have checked beforehand). Thankfully it was easily recovered by cutting out the first two shots in our storyboard and just going straight into the corridor scene- now back to editing!

Drugs - Storyboard

Our story board for our preliminary task. It's the short tale of a girl getting drugs for the first time from a mysterious boy...

Shot/Reverse Shot

Shot/reverse shot is where character A is shown looking at character B (from character A's point of view), and the shot then reverses so character B is looking back at character A (from character B's point of view).

180 Degree Rule

The 180 degree rule is where characters opposite each other have an invisible axis going through them. The camera will only focus on one half of the 'circle' around them (hence 180 degrees).

Match on Action

Match on action is a key part in continuity. It's about cutting and pasting clips together to make one scene. Above is a good explanation with examples.

Preliminary Task 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.

War Soundscape

After a lot of downloading and re-downloading, laughing at bean fart effects, and yelling at Audacity, a final piece has at last been produced!