Preliminary Task

 

 

Within this Preliminary task we were asked as a group to create a video that incorporated three of the rules that we had learnt in the lesson, these being;

 

1. The 180 degree rule

 

2. The shot reverse shot rule

 

3. The match on action rule

 

From previous experience in GCSE media I had some idea of what the shot reverse shot rule could have been, and it was just a matter of applying my knowledge to a rule for a video. The shot reverse shot rule is when there is some sought of dialogue between characters, to cut from one person speaking to the other. This can create a rather effective scene of dialogue as it allows the audience to see both sides of the story. The 180 degree rule is a sought of an imaginary line or guideline for where the camera is allowed to film the scene, it establishes what side the characters are on either left or right, but once you have established which side the characters are on, they cant switch sides throughout filming the scene so that's where the imaginary guidelines come in handy, as you know you cant pass that 180 degree line when filming the rest of the scene. This helps to create a sense of realism if you were watching someone speak to each other in reality they wont suddenly switch sides right before your eyes, and that's what the 180 degree is trying to prove,  its simply trying to make the film as believable as possible. Finally the match on action rule is to cut a scene on action, when the character is doing something, in our case that could be me reaching my hand out to the door handle to open the door and then we cut to my hand on the handle actually opening the door.