Match cut prelim

During the lesson today we filmed two people in a dilemma. In this clip we had to add a match-cut, a 180 degrees angle and a shot reverse shot. The match-cut was done with 'Imranul' opening the door and entering the scene. The 180 degrees angle is moving the camera only on one side of the characters, as if you switch sides when editing it will look unrealistic because the characters would be on opposite sides. The shot reverse shot is shots of the characters having a conversation where the camera switches from one face to another, an over the shoulder shot.

Throughout this filming there were advantages as well as disadvantages. Firstly the advantages. Getting the whole plot together was a easy and good way of communicating with my team members. The equipment, characters and scene went all fine this was a positive start. We filmed some shots twice so that we could get the most accurate one when editing. The background sound was not a problem as we could edit it and erase the sound or add sound over it.

Secondly disadvantages. When filming the match-cut there was an odd shot as the pose that 'Imranul' was standing in was misplaced. We filmed him in one position but then paused the camera as we had to to the match-cut of the door closed. Also, another problem was that we did not do the shot reverse shot for long. The shot reverse shot was meant to be for the whole conversation but we only did it for a short time.

This was a good opportunity as next time we will be aware of these mistakes and will be able to improve and make changes.