Preliminary exercise • Brief: • Film and edit a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom s/he exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate: match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180° rule.
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Preliminary exercise
• Brief:
• Film and edit a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom s/he exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate: match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180° rule.
Match on action
• Also known as ‘Cutting on Action’.
• Matching the action from one shot to the next to prevent the audience being distracted by the shot transition.
Shot / reverse shot
• Technique to show two or more characters talking to each other.
• Characters appear to be looking in opposite directions, leading audience to believe they are talking to each other.
• What is ‘eye line match’?
180° DEGREE RULE
• ‘Crossing the Line’
• Characters should always stay on the same side relative to each other to help the audience understand movement off-screen. Otherwise the audience is confused!
Planning
• In your groups, plan and storyboard your preliminary exercise making sure to include all of the compulsory elements.
• Create a storyboard and write your script to help plan the shoot.
• We will shoot and edit them next lesson (Tuesday & Friday).
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