In order to complete our preliminary task we had to practice our camcorder skills and research into the 180 degree rule. As well as this we had to create a short sotryline for the prelim task to follow and a short piece of dialogue.
When creating our preliminary task, we decided to go for a narrative that reflects the work that we have been doing throughout our AS year so far; we focused on the thriller genre. As far as dialogue goes, we made sure that it related to the narrative and filming.
Seeing as the task was complete in a short time, i think that it was quite successful. Problems i have with the final outcome is the sound and picture quality rather than the content. The music used fits the video quite well, however it is hard to hear the dialogue. If we were to re-do this, I would have liked to record more takes of each cut to have more options. Also, have the girls speak much louder when doing the dialogue.
180 degree rule:
Two characters in the same scene should always have the left/ right relationship to each other.
If the camera passes over the imaginery axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. A new shot from the opposite side is known as reverse angle.
You can move over 180 degrees but you have to show it. For example a tracking shot may be used but the passing of the 180 degrees must be shown in editing.
