Edit Workshop Evaluation

180 Degree Rule

We made sure that the 180 degree rule was used to the best of our knowledge by making sure the characters were on the right side. For example, Kieren was one of the characters and was on the right hand side, so using the 180 degree rule ensured that in all shots he would always stay on the right side to not confuse the viewers. Here is where our other actor, Niraj would stay on the left hand side of the shot. This is also to make it realistic and professional.

Rule Of Thirds

The rule of thirds is used as a guideline for the shot and we used this in our camera, as we used the grid feature which split up the page into 9 sections which was easier as we could follow the rule of thirds and the necessary people/objects would be in the right position.

Match On Action

Match on action is where one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. This creates the impression of a sense of continuity. We tried to do this in a shot where we see our actors facial expressions and they try to imitate each other. We found this difficult to do first as we couldn't think of where we could put it but eventually we found the right place to use this technique and i feel it worked perfectly with the shot.

During our production, we felt as though we were running back on time and as we didn't have enough time to film everything during one day, we faced a problem. As we went back on different days, the canteen had more people some days and less on others. This meant that we kept changing shots and there was random background noise in some shots so this was making it hard to film and put into a fluent flowing production. We overcame this problem by filming it all on one day where there was no one in the canteen one day after school as this was the best time so we got everything done in an hour. If I was to change anything about my production, it would have to be the setting to another place where it would've added a bit more realism for the pure reason we were meant to be filming it as a restaurant and our school canteen looks nothing like a restaurant so if I was to change that, I would've filmed it in a quiet restaurant.

During Post Production, I felt that the shots I wanted in there I couldn't get so I had to keep re filming and this left me with less time to edit my work but when I did start to edit, I had already used imovie so I knew what I was doing but I struggled to make it flow. I just couldn't get shots to work and there was always a jump in the shots where they wouldn't make sense so after I re shot a couple of shots, it made sense to change the shots to the new ones as they made my production flow a bit more so I used these shots and cut them down to stay in my time limit and once I did that, I could see a change in the flow and it all went together like a sequence so I think re filming a couple of shots made all the difference. Therefore if I was to change anything about my editing, I would have liked to fiddle around with the transactions and maybe trim scenes down so it flows more fluently.

The overall strengths for my piece of work was that our imagination when thinking of a storyline was totally unique how its something new and therefore has an exciting side to it. Another strength was that we were able to use imovie to edit our work with loads of different tools and transitions. This was really helpful as I was able to add effects to shots and trim down certain clips to get rid of unnecessary parts of a shot which would make my production shorter overall. Finally another strength was our use of shot reverse shot. I think we did this really well and it flowed well with the rest of the production. Also this added a bit of humour in case the audience was getting bored by it.

This was my shot reverse shot:

The overall weaknesses of my work were that the storyboard didn't go to as planned. When we did our storyboard everything seemed like it was going to work, but when we filmed it and looked back at it, it made no sense and there was no flow to our work so this is where we had to go back and re film all of our work and we changed our script quite a lot and then once we made our changes, we saw a huge difference and found that the production made sense now. Also another weakness was that the background noise ruined the production as you can hear the other groups talking about filming and when they laugh so this makes it seem unprofessional but we had a solution around this and that was to dim the volume. The sound hasn't completely gone but this made a significant difference.

If I was to make any improvements, I would say it would have to be the setting as a school canteen with other people filming isn't very convenient. So if we were to film in a restaurant we would have natural sounds of the actual building and also it would seem more realistic to have been set there but it wouldn't have been practical as restaurants are always busy so we forgot about that idea.

Continuity Editing Exercise

The scenario was called The Encounter in which we were asked to work work in  a group of 2/3 and film a short dialogue between 2 people which had to last between 45 seconds to a minute long.
180 Degree Rule
The 180 degree rule is used to not confuse the audience. To do this, thew camera must stay on a certain side so that the actors are always on the the same sides. This small feature makes a big difference to production. this helps with the audiences orientation to ensure that they understand the actions. Here is a little example:

Shown above is an example on how the rule of thirds work. As you can see as the camera goes over the imaginary line, it becomes wrong so it must always stay on the right side.

Rule Of Thirds

Here is an example

Shot Reverse Shot

Shot Reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. As the characters are shown in opposite directions they are made to seem like they are looking at each other

Here is an example:

We were trying to demonstrate the rule of thirds, the 180 degree rule and a shot reverse shot. These all had to be included into our short production and i feel as though we did this quite well as we stuck to the rules to the best of our ability and added a short reverse shot where possible.
To plan and film my work, I worked with Kieran Jeewock and Niraj Jadav. I feel as though we worked quite well in a group and this helped as we could get work done to the best of our ability and know what we were doing.

Niraj and Kieran were the actors in the film and I was the main camera man as i was very creative and knew what shots were good with different scenes. The grouping was a success as we all had knowledge in media so we could put it together to have produced a good short film. Also we didn't fall back on time, we kept up and got the work in advance which gave us the chance to help others from different groups.

Our scenario came from a true story and was a sixth form student was to walk into a food shop and would try get a discount for the food and this led to a confrontation between the waiter and the student. we tried to create suspense but at the same time add humor to not make it such a serious film. We thought of this as we were thinking of different ideas for our film.

The reason the rule of thirds and the 180 degree rule were effective, is because these rules make the production look more professional and it also helped my knowledge on these rules as i had never really used it much but now i feel more confident to use it. Also it is used to not confuse the audience with the actors being on different sides so the 180 degree rule is really effective and can make a change to the production. The match on action and shot reverse shot were really effective as these were two new shots to me which i had never used. These shots were used to show emotion and reactions and i think that was needed in our work the most as it involved a lot of facial expressions and emotions so worked well with our piece of work. We had different ideas but we thought this idea would be easy to produce and to add all the key shots. We thought it would add a bit of realism as it was based on a true event so we went for this idea and found ways to keep it funny but tense and i feel as though it worked.

Our storyboard was very useful as it gave us a clear indication of what shot we had to do and the camera angle. This made it less time consuming as we knew exactly what we had to do and how we would shoot it.

We stuck to most of our shots as we feel they looked really effective in  the camera angle they were used in but a couple of our shots we changed the establishing shot as it wasn't very clear of the location so we changed it to a long shot of the outside of the canteen so it established the location and was clear and easy to understand. The reason for us sticking to our storyboard was mainly because it had all been set out for us so was very straight forward and nothing had to be changed. If we had to change more shots, i think we would have taken a lot longer and would've had to cramp in more shots with little time. This would have made it less professional as we would've been rushing the majority of the shots so it think it was a better idea that we stuck with the majority of our original shots.
Here below, is my storyboard: