For this activity we worked in groups and we had to make a short video using the 180 degree rule. The activity was for us to experimenting using the 180 degree rule. The 180 degree rule is film technique where one character is talking to another and the camera stays at one side of both characters because of an imaginary line called the axis. In our video I was opposite Shannon and we showed the 180 degree rule by keeping the camera the same side and when it was my turn to talk the camera would be over Shannons shoulder so the audience can see me whilst I talk and the same thing happened when Shannon was talking but the camera was over my shoulder.
Shot reverse shot is another film technique where one character is shown talking to another character and the other character is shown looking back at the first character.
In this activity my role was being in the video in the conversation and I wrote the script that we used, we all decided to have our short video about a 'romantic dinner date' and I wrote the script using ideas from other members of my group. After I finished writing the script we went and filmed it and myself and Shannon played the two characters that were on a date.
After we finished editing our video we had to assess ourselves and grade ourselves based on what we completed for the activity. We graded ourselves as an B1, we looked through all of the criteria and reflected back onto what we had done and anything we did and didn't do. We ensured that the we had good control of the camera by making sure it was not shaking when we were filming, we decided to put the camera on a tripod so that it would be at a certain angle and we wouldn't have to worry about it being shaken. I think our framing was ok, because we were both sitting opposite sides of a table so we filmed all of mine first and then went on to Shannon, if we both sat in the same place then when we edited it, it would look like we were both sitting in exactly the same place and this would look odd. So by sitting in different places it looked like we were on a dinner date and the framing shows the relationship between the two characters. We did not really think about miss-en-scene, we mainly thought about the script and how we were going to film it, however we did place the two characters either side of a table to make it look like they were on a date.
We could improve on our eye line there was between the two characters by ensuring that the angle was in the same place for both characters and not closer to one character than the other. When we next have to do an activity like this I will have more thought about where we will be setting the video and where the camera is placed.
As well as assessing ourselves we also got peer - assessed by another group and they said that our editing and our video over all was good, they graded us a B1/A3, they also said that our conversation flowed well and we demonstrated shot reverse shot well.
We edited our video by using iMovie, this really helped our whole video come together because we filmed each frame separately (One character said one sentence, we stopped filming, then filmed the other characters response etc) once we finished we uploaded all clips on to iMovie and put it all together. Our final video was successful because we put all the clips in the correct order and the conversation flowed steadily. This would make the meaning apparent to the audience because of the setting and how the characters were speaking it set of the impression that there was a date occurring.
We demonstrated the 180 degree rule effectively because we stayed on one side of both characters and we positioned the camera in the correct place.
I would improve the footage we have by making sure that both characters are looking at each other so when it comes to editing it looks more effective. I also need to ensure that the camera is positioned at the same height and angle for both characters and isn't closer to one character and further away from the other.
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