Mr Clarke Analysis

•Throughout the process of filming a short sequence called The Encounter, we learnt about acquiring many skills such as camera language, editing skills, setting up filming equipment, working as a team and storyboard planning our scenes. We had to acquire these skills to help us know about the main aspects required to know about filming and to help us further on when we will need it again.

•The new camera language that we learnt was the 180 degree rule, match on action and the shot reverse shot. These were new camera languages that we learnt and that were required to fulfil when we were filming the scenes. The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character. It is used to show the relationship of two people in a more visible way as the camera is at a 180 degree angle showing the two people standing or sitting opposite to each other and it shows both of them in the shot. The match on action is a technique of filming where one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. This shot creates the impression of a sense of continuity. The shot reverse shot is a continuity technique that is mostly used in conversations or a person entering a room as well. It shows a character first then it may show what the character is looking at and then it returns back to there face.

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•As we were filming, we set up filming equipment and this was very easy to do so as we had modern technology such as new cameras and a simple tripod.

•The storyboarding process went smoothly as the group worked on different aspects individually. We had a conversation first which we found out which person will have either the beginning or middle or the end and we had to use our media knowledge to help us make the storyboards such as knowing the camera angles and shot types.

•We also learnt about editing skills on the computer as we used the new programme called I movie. We edited our scenes on this programme and it was very easy to use.

•The skills we acquired will help us in the future because we will have already got the grasp of how it works and we will be able to do the jobs in a proficient and effective way.

•I believe the team worked very well with each other as we got the task and did it smoothly however I think if we did the process again we should use our knowledge of camera angles in a more important way as we missed out on some silly aspects such as in one scene my hand would be on my face and on the next shot my hand would be in a completely different place.