Preliminary Exercise

In our preliminary exercise, which consisted of a short scene in which a person entered a room and was involved in dialogue with another, we managed to keep all of our shots steady and in focus, using the rule of thirds so as to keep the viewers attention in the correct places. The rule of thirds also helped us in keeping a eye line match between shots. We were careful to avoid positioning people with great light sources behind them so as to avoid them becoming backlit and unclear. By not crossing an invisible line with the camera we avoided breaking the 180 degree rule. The main change in shots we would have made is to set the bosses shots at a lower angle and the workers shots at a higher angle to give the impression of the boss being in charge. And the worker being weaker.

Via editing and shooting we had a successful match on action shot. We did have one jump cut but we did manage to cover it up using another shot we hadn’t originally intended to use to act as a buffer between the shots and remove the jump cut. The shot reverse shot action was smooth after some editing to get the timing and pace right also this made the transitions invisible. The one editing change we would’ve made would probably have been to cool the lighting down so the shot didn’t appear so warm and friendly. All the dialogue and sound was clear.

The overall lighting could’ve been slightly cooler. The background and setting appear appropriate though with desks and chairs etc like an office. Our overall team work was good with shared ideas and work between the group.