Preliminary Task- The Unknown Object

The clip above was my final cut of The Unknown Object. I carried out this task to once again give me more experience with camera and editing so that when I come onto my FInal Task I will have all the skills ai need to produce a good quality piece of work.

I also carried out this task to look into more about the 180 Degrees Rule. This rule is used in all films and medias productions as a way of making conversations on screen seem more real. The rule outlines that there is a imaginary line across the two characters, and the camera is not allowed to cross this line. Because of this rule it means that each character in the shot stays on the same side of the camera throughout the scene rather than switching sides. The diagram below explains this rule:

I also wanted my production to show a 'Match on Action Shot', this is where you get one shot of someone opening a door, and an immediate cut is then taken onto the other side of the door where they would walk through the door. The cut has to be immediate or it is simply not a 'Match on Action Shot'.

My production is all about a conversation between two characters, and one wants something off the other character. There is a clear Narrative Enigma, in that the audience do not know what this object is and just why it is so important.

I learnt a alot again from my production, as I was able to learn how to stick to the 180 degrese rule and how to edit properly and more effectively on imovie, as I can now add in much better sounds, and use video and audio effects to my advantage more.

However my first cut was not perfect and was missing out two of the main points from which I had explained above. I had not stuck to the 180 degrees rule and I had not created a 'Match on Action Shot'.

To enable this I now had to edit the production again, and do some major cutting so that I did not have to completly re-film my production.

I solved the 'Match on Action Shot' by making the cut more immediate by cutting little bits off each side of the door so that it looked to be more like an immediate cut.

I solved the 180 degrees rule by cutting out the parts of which I had gone over the 'Line' and was breaking the rule.

Below is how my production looked before I had made these changes: