For my upcoming preliminary task we have to film a short scene with two characters having some sort of conversation. This will involve skills like filming, editing and acting. We will be filming inside our school (Tupton Hall). Our short scene will involve me walking up to someone (Dan) and having a short conversation with also an exchange of items with him but making sure it is discrete, kind of like undercover!!! There are 3 things we will have to include in the task which I am going to describe to you:
Match on action-Match on action is a technique of filming used in many sorts of films. It consists of connecting 2 shots together in which a character finishes off an action in the second shot that was started in the first one, for example a clip of a character walking through a door in which he opens the door being filmed from behind then the clip cuts to him walking through from the other one.
180 degree rule-The 180 Degree Rule is that two characters in a scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If you don't follow the 180 Degree Rule, or break it, it disrupts the scene and disorients the audience. However sometimes you can break it and it can work in some cases, for example two people sat side by side but facing the opposite ways. If the camera is down the middle it breaks the rule and also looks good!
Shot/reverse shot-Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character, and the other character looking back. since they are looking at each other in opposite directions is shows the are in conversation.
