7. Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

This is the preliminary task from the start of the course. Between then and now i feel that i have learnt a great deal of skills such as editing, and different types of camera shots, movements and angles.

These are freeze frames of an example of match on action shot in the preliminary task. This shows our character walking from outside in the hall into the classroom to her walking into the classroom from outside in the hall.

These freeze frames are examples of reverse shots or 'over-the-shoulder' shots in the preliminary task. This shows the conversation between the two characters while having both characters in the scene but giving more detail to one character more than the other.

In the preliminary task we also had to keep to the 180 degree rule in which we cannot switch what side we are filming the characters from unless the movement is made clear. I feel we have also kept to this and kept to the guidelines of the preliminary task.

I think that we did well on the preliminary task and kept to the guidelines given while making the video good quality without continuity errors. We managed to cut the match on action shots seamlessly and kept to the 180 degree rule, as well as good quality reverse shots.  I found it very useful when thinking about what angles to use when shooting our opening sequence. We used some of the shots such as the reverse shot combined with a tracking shot during our film opening and kept to the 180 degree rule throughout. This shows how useful the preliminary task was and how we have learnt new techniques from it. I think because of the preliminary task we were able to make a better film opening than originally planned and it also made the process rather enjoyable.