Evaluation Question 7

In our preliminary task we had to film and edit together a conversation between two characters sat across from each other after one of them walked into the room. We did this to practise continuity and to demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 rule. During this task we learnt how to use a [insert camera name here] camera and also how to edit in Adobe Premier Pro whilst keeping the continuity and match on action correct. I feel that this was useful during our main task of creating the titles and opening of a new fiction film. We learnt that when filming we’d have to film the same action multiple times from different angles for the sake of continuity and that also that when editing it together the action in the clip would have to be identical unless you wanted a jump cut effect which would make the film look disjointed and glitch. During our main task I improved on adding effects and transitions such as dissolves. We also improved on adding titles on to our film that looked like they belong in the film and didn’t just appear on a black screen but interacted with the film by appearing over the footage and alongside characters but disappearing when a character walks into the space that the text inhabits. We also used elliptical editing instead of continuity editing as we didn’t want to show the whole of the journey when the main character is walking.