Skills audit: filming and editing preliminary match cut excercise

Today i practiced how to film and edit a preliminary match cut. We got a short story line, and decided to film our match cut. Our match cut was opening a door. We had to stand by the rules of the 180 degrees turning, the match cut and the shot reverse shot.

We first did the match cut, which was filmed by a lot of team work. We did a shot of imranul walking towards the door looking as if he is going to open the door. Then we did the shot of hiim opening the door, then closing it behind him. By putting all these shots on the computer we edited it and it was a match-cut.

Then the 180 degrees turning. We were told to stay in the 180 degree semi circle, as when filming if you dont stick to this the shots will be all over the place. For example, one of the shots will be with one actor on the right side then they'll be on the left. This makes the filming look unprofessional and not persuasive to watch as it doesnt look interesting and looks as if it is all over the place.

We had to do a shot reverse shot, which is with dialogue. When one person talks the camera focuses on that persons face then when the next person talks it goes to their face and back and forth. This makes the conversation more interesting as it creates tension, as all the facial expressions of both the actors faces are shown.

We will use these techniques in our final piece.