Preliminary Task - Evaluation

In film, the 180-degree rule is an essential guideline respecting the on screen dimensional relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene.  We used this rule in our preliminary task by sticking to the one side of the character, even though it didn't matter too much as there was only one character in shot at one time. Matching on action refers to video editing styles where the editor cuts from one shot to another aspect that matches the first shots action. We used a match on action at the beginning of our preliminary task where a note is passed through the car window to the young man.

The filmmaking went very well as we got all the shots we needed and wanted to edit together to make the film. It was a bit difficult to film in college because it was a very busy and noisy but we tried to use the quietest places we could. It took us a while to grasp hold of how to use Adobe Premiere but when we learnt how to use it, we put the film together quite quickly.We added music which was very low and had sustained notes which made it sound very negative and scary. The musics tempo then built up as the young man speaks on the phone to the other young man.

If we could do this film again, we would add in some transitions between camera shots so it blends together better and we would add in titles. I think we used the 180 degree rule and the match on action shot well and the music fitted in with the genre of the short film.