Week 1 - Preliminary research

I have decided to do a video for my AS media coursework, my preliminary task is to film a continuity scene which involves; a character opening a door. walking accross a room, sitting in a chair opposite another character and exchanging two sentences of dialogue. We also had to observe three continuity principles:

1. 180° rule - This is where the cameraman creates an imaginary line in front of the actors, the camera cannot pass this line and can only film 180° on this line. This rule prevents the camera from passing an imaginary line connecting the subjects of the shot.
   
2. Shot reverse shot - This is where one character is shown looking at another character who is usually offscreen and the other character is seen looking back at the first character. The characters are therefore seen looking in opposite directions but the viewer presumes they are looking at each other.
   
3. Match on action - This is when an action is cut from one shot to another seamlessly. An action that occurs before the cut is edited seamlessly in the next shot, e.g. when somebody is walking and the shot changes the leg movements match perfectly.

Today I filmed my continuity scene so I will start editing it this week. I will also upload my storyboard when I have scanned it.