Preliminary Task

A Preliminary task is an action taken to prepare for a task that is really important, it is done preparation for the main thing. In my case we had to do this for a video task that we would later do to complete our media studies task. 

We had to have a character opening the door, coming into a room, sitting down opposite another character and exchanging a few lines of dialogue. We had to use a few techniques, for example match on action, 180 degree rule and shot-reverse shot.

Match-On-Action, this when you film things from certain angles and not from one take using the same angle. To complete a Match-On-Action you must film the action twice, but you have to show continuity; meaning everyone should be in the same place as they were before when the shot was first taken.

180 Degree Rule, this is a basic guideline film makers use. Two characters in the same scene should always be in the same position as the first shot, for example if character A is on the left in the first shot character A should be on the left once again so the shooting looks more realistic.

Shot-Reverse Shot, when characters that are involved in a dialogue, you need to have a close-up shot of a character saying a line then cut to another shot where the other character reacts to what character one said.

Here's what my group did : 

180 Degree rule

Close up of shot reverse

Close up of shot reverse

The 180 Degree Rule

A storyboard was done before shooting the actual video:

After we did the preliminary task we had to put all the pictures together and then create a short film. This is the final product after being edited on the editing software on Apple Macs (iMovie).