Prelim Exercise

Prelim Activity

The purpose of our prelim exercise was to both gain practice filming and editing clips and to also learn how to add sound.

Our Task:

The task we were given was to create a scene where a character walks into a room and engages in dialogue with another. We also had to include a Match Cut  and the 180 Degree Rule.
A 'Match Cut' or 'match on action' is when editing occurs on an action thus making the action appear seemless.
The 180 Degree rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

This shows the camera only shooting the chracters from one side. Football matches are a prime example of the 180 degree rule