Preliminary Project

For our preliminary project, we created a short film revolving around a dialogue between two characters with a focus on continuity editing. As part of this we had to include a match on action where a character walked through a door, shot reverse shot, and adherence to the 180 degree rule during the characters' conversation. The shots and camerawork we used included a pan, mid shot, long shot, two shots, over-the-shoulder shots, a tilt and a tracking shot.
WWW: - we used continuous editing well so the cuts were mostly "invisible", especially the matches on action were smooth and flowed well
- we experimented with transitions including a dissolve and a blackout at the beginning and end of the sequence
- we selected music in the background so both the diegetic and non-diegetic sound reflected the mood of the narrative
EBI: - when filming the conversation, we should have kept the camera on one side for all of the same character's lines so each shot of them had identical compositions
- we could develop use of the 180 degree rule by breaking it, but only when the movement to the other side is shown
- we could use a wider range of camera shots