Year 12 Film

Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

To use this technique, cut from one shot to another view that matches the action and pace of the first shot. This creates an impression of continuity. If a character begins an action in the first shot and completes it in the next, a visual bridge is created which acts to disguise the cut from one to the other.

Shot reverse shot (or shot/countershot) is a film technique wherein one character is shown looking (often off-screen) at another character, and then the other character is shown looking "back" at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer unconsciously assumes that they are looking at each other.

The 180 rule is a basic film editing 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.

Storyboards are essentially basic, cartoon versions of what each shot will look like when filmed and edited.

You must indicate: the action (especially where each character is positioned in relation to each other) the background the props the shot type (close up, extreme close up, long shot, mid shot) any movement (pan, zoom, tilt, track)

You only have 1 lesson to plan and film your work and 1 lesson to edit.