Our preliminary task was 29 seconds, although short it showed some of the skills that we used in our final product. To do the preliminary task as well we need to do some research on some of the skills that we needed to use.
We had to research the 180 degree rule, which is where I found that we'd shoot on one side and we would not show the side where the camera would be and that side of the set would stay unseen to the audience. We have used this in our final production when we see faith walking down the street, as we only see that fall of the street.
We also researched on what match on action was, we showed this in the preliminary by shooting Karlton opening the door handle, and doing it different shots to help show detail, but we also found the it could show tension if done in the correct manner with sound and the shots before and after the match on action. I feel that as Faith did filmed the preliminary task she was able to help me film the match on action in our final product. We used match on action twice in our final product both near the beginning of the scene as we were less focused on the fight scene. We used this technique when we saw faith jumping over the wall, amd when she was opening the door just before we see her see Kartlton's character look as though he is punching my character. Although the filming helped get the match on action feel the editing also had a large pat of making it happen in both the preliminary and the final product, this is because they have to cut to the perfect moment so it looks professional.
In the preliminary we also used the shot reverse shot technique, which is where we see one of the characters talking to another, but we see that character talk and then the shot changes to see the other character (the person who was being talked at) reply to the original character. This is usually used to emphase the interaction between the two or more characters, and it also helps the viewers see the reaction of what have been said on either side of the characters. Unfortunately we didn't use this in our final production as we decided that we wanted more action to be shown than talking, the talking in the final production is a point of view shot, so we thought that this wasn't the main technique that we wanted to focus on using.
What I learnt?
Being behind the camera for most of the final production allowed me to get the same movement in a few shots, and that has allowed us to think of the idea that we could use some of the techniques that were used in the preliminary task. With the help of watching that and having ideas of what I needed to take and having faith there to help guide me in the right direction of shots (since she was the cameraman in the preliminary task) allowed me to get the right shots that would be able to be edited together and look professional.
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