Preliminary Task

Out preliminary task was to video an interview where we use 3 camera shots to show that we understand how these camera shots work. The 3 camera shots which we had to use was a match on action shot, a shot reverse shot and a 180 degree shot used once in the interview including the normal camera shots and angles such as a establishing shot, a close up, a medium, a long and also if we wanted a panning shot of the room which we filmed in.

The task went well but we had a few problems on knowing how the shots were used which got us mixed up. The interview we did was a formal job interview where we used a medium shot of doors which our interviewee came through then the camera following her across the room to the desk where the interviewer was sat. Then we used a 180 degree shot on the characters going on to a shot reverse shot of the 2 characters speaking their dialogue.

Unfortunately out match on action shot was not very good so we didn’t put it on our preliminary. Also our shot reverse shot was not perfect as we shot from a long shot instead of a medium shot of the characters faces as they spoke. Another mistake we did was that out 180 degree shots were not 180 degree as we shot from the same shoulder of each character.

Match on Action shot -

A match on action, a technique used in film editing, is a cut that connects two different views of the same action at the same moment in the movement. By carefully matching the movement across the two shots, filmmakers make it seem that the motion continues uninterrupted. For a real match on action, the action should begin in the first shot and end in the second shot.

A video which explains the camera technique

Shot reverse shot -

Conventional technique of cinematography and editing for the filming of dialogue. In the shot reverse shot sequence, the camera frames each speaker in medium close-up as he or she recites a line of dialogue. The shoulder of the listener can often be seen, slightly out of focus on the edge of the frame, while the camera is focused on the face of the speaker then cutting to the the next person as they speak.

A video which explains the camera technique

180 degree shot - 

The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.