Evaluation Question 7 By Shauna Penfold

Continuity

Continuity is a motion-picture scenario giving the complete action, scenes,

etc., in detail and in the order in which they are to be shown on the screen.

Continuity is important because it shows the different scenes and how they

are meant to be set out in order for the audience to understand about the

different characters and the message that is trying to be portrayed.

180 degree rule

The 180 degree rule is a where the camera should be placed and stay inside

180 degrees of a certain side of an invisible line of a certain shot containing

tow people.

The camera should stay on the side that it is placed first throughout the shot

and not cross this invisible line as it would cause confusion for the views and

it makes it look like the people in the shot have switched places as the

audience are watching the film.

180 degree rule-preliminary taskIn our preliminary task we used

the 180 degree rule, however as

we had not done this shot before

it did not go very well as from the

picture you can see that it was

blurry.

As our setting was in a small

history cupboard (as this is our

location we needed) it was hard to

move the camera and the tripod

together within the space without

it being a stable camera.

We tried to do the 180 degree shot without the

tripod but it was hard to keep the camera still

for the last shot so we had to leave it shaky.

180 degree rule-diagnosis

For our opening sequence we did not use the

180 degree shot as we felt that we would not

be able to move the camera and keep it stable

at the same time and as it did not go very well

in the Preliminary task we did not want to

have a shaky shot in our opening sequence so

we did not use it.

Our setting was a dressing room which we

represented as an isolation room. In the

room it had mirrors everywhere and so it was

going to be hard to do an 180 degree shot

without the camera seeing us in the mirrors

and so we felt it was best just not to do the

180 degree shot and do other shots instead.

Match on action Match on action is where the perspective of the camera changes during a scene and the

scene continues to flow.

For example a person opening a door and filming can be stopped. The following day

filming could be continued as the same person enters a room. The audience would not

know that these shots have been taken separately as the scene will flow. However in order

for this to be successful and look realistic the character has to:

Be wearing the same clothes

Be appearing identical to the previous filming time

Have the same Lighting (time of day/weather)

Be the same time on the clocks if they are in frame

Leave on the right if the person is entering from the left or vice- versa

Match on action-preliminary task

In our preliminary task we did a

match on action shot where Shakir

was going through a door, so we did

two shots.

The first shot we filmed was outside

of the building so we could see

Shakir going through the door from

the outside.

The second shot we filmed was inside of the

building so we saw Shakir walking in from the

outside and going up the stairs.

Match on action-diagnosis

We did a similar match on action shot in our

opening sequence to our preliminary task as

we felt this was a big part in improving our

opening sequence.

Shot/reverse shot

Shot reverse shot is a film technique wherein one character is show looking at

another character (often, off screen) and then the other character is shown

looking “back” at the character. Since the characters are showing facing in

opposite directions. The viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

Shot/reverse shot- preliminary task

For this shot we did a shot/

reverse shot when the

teacher and the student

were talking to each other

so we could see the facial

expression of the student

whilst the teacher was

talking to

Shot/reverse shot- diagnosis We did a much better and much

improved shot reverse shot in our

opening sequence by firstly doing the

shot as if Mayson was looking in the

mirror which we felt was a much better

angle then a full body shot.

We also did this mirror shot so the

audience could see Mayson as

what he was seeing in the mirror

so the audience are relating to

the audience.

Improvements in cinematography

We improved on our cinematography by making sure that the camera was not

shaky and that we would use a tripod throughout in order for this to happen.

We also improved by using a wider range of shot types rather than using the

same old shots for each shot and by doing so we showed different meanings

whilst we were filming e.g. if we used an ECU it showed that the object/ the

feature we were filming was important as it was an ECU.

Cinematography- preliminary task

For our cinematography in our preliminary task we did not use a variety of

shots/ angles and so our cinematography was very basic.

There was a lot of static shots and so we did not really use a lot of movement

in our task but when we did we had a shaky camera and so it did not look very

professional or polished.

We did not have much knowledge of the different shot types and so we just

mainly used the high level shot and over the shoulder shot and so our shots id

not fit with our context.

Cinematography- diagnosis

We improved our cinematography in our diagnosis by doing many different

angles, shots and movement for example we used a high angle shot to show

the low status of Mayson.

Improvements of editing

We made improvements on our editing skills by going onto final cut express

and having a play around and looking at the different tools we could use and

finding out what each one was and how we could use it, if we wanted to/

needed to.

We also looked at clips on you tube on how to do different things on final cut

express, doing it step by step on the way in order for us to be able to do that

very well.

Editing- preliminary task

We did not have an affect on the preliminary task as we did not feel it was

useful for our scene.

Editing- diagnosis

We improved on our editing by changing our whole opening sequence to black

and white as we felt that this best suited our context and genre for our

opening sequence.

Improvements of mise-en-scene

We made improvements to our mise-en-scene by researching more about

what the mise-en-scene was and what aspects of a film was linked in with the

mise-en-scene.

We also researched the common and stereotypical mise-en-scene aspects for

our character in many different films for example the costumes, different

probs, the acting etc

Mise-en-scene- preliminary

For our preliminary task we did not really think about the costumes and

positioning whilst producing and so when we looked back at it we felt like the

costumes did not suit what we wanted to portray for example the teacher had

a jumper on and not formal clothes and so it made it look unrealistic.

Mise-en-scene: diagnosis

We improved our mise-en-scene in our opening sequence by making sure the

costume suited our film more than our preliminary task as we did not think

about the costumes much in the preliminary task.

We also used the lighting to help with showing the importance of our

character.

Improvements on titles

The improvements on the tiles was that we researched and looked at the

different fonts and sizes in our specific genre so we could get some ideas of

what we could use in our opening sequence.

We also went on different font websites to see what fonts could be suitable

for our genre.

Examples from real media

Opening titles from se7en: Opening titles from insomnia:

Examples from diagnosis

Conclusion

Overall I feel like I have learnt a lot of the process of making our opening

sequence. Firstly I have learnt to use may different technologies that I didn’t

know how to use before for example different aspects on the mac, final cut

express and different ways to make things for example garage band to make

our music. I have also learned the many different shots we could use and that

there are a lot that we can use to make it specific for our context and our

genre.

I feel like I have improved massively on everything that we used as the

majority of things I did not know how to use for example how to use the mac,

the camera and tripod (in different ways I couldn’t do before).