Foundation portfolio. - The preliminary task.

The preliminary task was to demostrate continuity editing. This is the clear establishment of 'cause and effect' plotting which establishes character motivations and helps tell an interesting story which proceeds ligically and steadily. This meant that i had to show examples of - Match on action, SHot/reverse shot, 180 degree rule and the eye line match. Match on action is: See a character start an action in one shot and see them continue it in the next. 180 degree rule is: Basic guide-line stating two characteristics in same scene should always have the same left/right camera passes over imaginary axis connecting two subjects called crossing the line. Our Preliminary task was: Character A walks towards a door. Character A enters through the door and crosses a room to where Character B is seated. Character A and B exchange a few lines of dialogue. There is at leats one use of an eyeline match. Character AS exists the room.

Our preliminary tasked that we filmed: