The Editing process

For our preliminary task we had to create a short scene where a person walks into a room. The film had to include a match on action shot where the events in a scene continue in consecutive shots. It also had a to include a 180 degree rule and a reverse shot. Using a camera and tripod, myself, Eboni and Beth set up a scene in an empty classroom. We had previously worked together to create a storyboard to present and our ideas and to work off during the film.

A section where we have produced a match on action shot is evident between 15 and 20 seconds where within 5 seconds, there are 3 short shots where I walk into the room. I am pictured opening the door from a mid-shot from the side shortly followed by a close up of my hand to pull the handle of the door. The next shot shows me entering the room from the inside of the room so here we have produced a successful piece of match-on-action.

Another requirement was a reverse shot and this is evident during the main piece of dialogue in the sequence. This comes at 42 seconds in and lasts until 1 minute and 2 seconds where the camera is filming from over the shoulder of the character. It is a very good angle for conversation between 2 people and is often used for dialogue as we have done here.