Eoin's Preliminary Task Evaluation

Overall Evaluation!
Our preliminary task turned out well and a lot better than expected!

Neither myself or anyone else from my group has had any past experience with any filming or editing any sort of short film or any project similar to this. Despite this, the end product was still very impressive, given the short amount of time and the lack of knowledge known.

This task was a great learning curve and helped me to learn some basic editing skills which will help me in the future. One huge thing which I learnt from from this task was the fact that you need to be prepared to record a lot more clips than you'll need, in order to make sure at least one of them is perfect.

One thing that we did not do was create a story board for our preliminary task, so here is one that I found online as an example of a simple storyboard. However, I felt that because the video we shot was only short, this was not needed. When it comes to creating our actual thriller film opening, I know that multiple story boards will be needed.

Overall i think that the preliminary task was very successful and has taught me a lot as to what I need to know for the real filming and editing of the thriller film opening.

What is the 180 degree rule and did we include it?

The 180 degree rule by Levi Wigglesworth is a basic rule that means that two characters should always have the same left and right relationship with each other. When a camera crosses the acid connecting to two subjects it is called 'crossing the line'. The new shot is called the reverse angle. The 180 degree rule was a key part of the preliminary task and we made sure to include it and made sure not to break it.

What is match on action and did we include it?
To use this technique in editing cut from one sot to another view that matches the action and pace of the first shot. This creates an impression of continuity despite the fact that you might have filmed the shots weeks apart. If a character begins an action in the first shot and completes it in the next, a visual 'bridge' is created that acts to disguise the cut from one to the other. We made sure to include this rule and I feel that we did this extremely effectively.

What is shot-reverse shot and did we include it?
This effect is so common it is impossible to imagine film or TV without it. Nevertheless, it takes some practice to master. When two characters are in conversation, film one character looking off screen to where the other character is imagined to be, and vice veers a. Ensure that one character faces left and the other faces right, so you can edit between a character talking and a character listening. We included this in our preliminary evaluation very effectively.