AS media evaluation question 7

7 Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

For our preliminary exercise we did a continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. We were to demonstrate match on action of the door handle opening, shot/reverse/shot of the characters speaking and the 180-degree rule. In our film we used a match on the bedroom door as Adam leaves it to go down stairs. Also we used a shot/reverse/shot when Adam is confronted by the silhouette of the alien, as Adam slowly reaches out to the alien the camera jumps from his face to the silhouette. We also kept to the 180 degree rule throughout the recording, as we did more recording we got used to using these techniques and rules. Other methods we used were things like long takes, establishing shots etc.