Intro to the Encounter

In my continuity editing piece I will to include:

The 180 degree rule
The rule of thirds
A match on action shot
A shot-reverse-shot


I will use the 180 degree rule in the introduction of the 2 main characters, Edi & Patryk. When the two characters walk in to the shot from the allyway, the camera will stay in a specific corner, but then changes angle to show that the characters walk into a corner. This rule is going to be used in the first scene of when Patryk tells Edi about what happened at the party and this will also be when the audience find out why the teacher, Mr Oluwado, is angry in the next scene.

In total I will have created 3 match on action shots. This shot will be showing the continuity of an action in the film. In theory I should be creating an match on action shot, when Patryk opens the door to enter the classroom. If we use transitions correctly it will make the match on action shots look much smoother. There will be another match on action when Mr Oluwado (Christian) throws Patryks jumper back to him. The first angle will be behind Mr Oluwado (Christian) to show the strart of the action. The next angle will be a mid shot of the teacher Mr Oluwado (Christian) showing the object flying through the air. The next angle of the match on action. will be a mid shot of Patryk dodging the flying jumper. The next match on action will be the finishing scene when the teacher, Mr Oluwado (Christian) is running and jumping over the table to punch Patryk in the face. There will be a long shot of Christian running towards the table and jumping. The next angle will be a long shot behind Patryk so that the audience can see can see the teacher, Mr Oluwado (Christian) punching Patryk.

I will use the rule of thirds throughout my media text. The scene that this rule is most prodiminant in, is the second shot where Edi and Patryk are walking into school. Edi and Patryk both come into the mid shot with their eyes above the 2nd row in the rule of thirds

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Another type of shot I will use is shot-reverse-shot. I will use this when the teacher, Mr Oluwado (Christian) and Patryk are creating a conversation. When Patryk walks through the classroom door, the camera focuses onto him. The camera then focuses to Mr Oluwado (Christian) and starts questioning Patryk on why his clothes were with his daughter, Jada. The camera then turns back into Patryk to show the audience his facial expression.

These rules are helpful for the audience and also the editors of the scenario, in this case me and my group, Patryk and also Gurjit. These are helpful because the audience gets the see the reaction of all the actors in the shot. This allows the audience to see the facial expression of the actors. This will also allow the audience to see the body language of the actors and how they are handling the situation. The actor Patryk was always on the left of the shots showing the presence of the 180 degree rule. The rule of thirds is useful to the audience because it allows the audience to see what they are meant to clearly. The use of the shot-reverse-shot was to also show the facial expressions of all the characters in the scene.

This will be when the audience are introduced to the character and his best friend. This side of the storyboard focuses on Patryk and his personality with the freeze frame of, 'The party animal'

This side of the storyboard is focused on the characters best friend, Edi. There will be a freeze frame of Edi's face showing his nickname and actual name, 'Edi, The Nerd!'.

The characters will be continuing with their journey while the camera pans with them to and follows them into the school.

These shots show the main reason why Mr Oluwado is angry in the upcoming scenes.

This scene shows Patryk going into the classroom and is about to find out that Mr Oluwado is angry at him. This is where the first match on action shot is located.

This is the encounter of Mr Oluwado and Patryk. Patryk is shocked that Mr Oluwado found out about what happened 'last night'.

Mr Oluwado gets so frustrated that he gets the bottle on the table and throws it at Patryk. This will be the second match on action in the film.

This match on action is the bottle of water going from Mr Oluwado to Patryk. The camera is on Mr Oluwado and he throws the bottle at the camera, then the camera turns to Patryk and the bottle flies from behind and gets into the shot and Patryk then dodges it. After seeing Patryk dodging the flying bottle of water, Mr Oluwado runs to Patryk and there is a close up of Mr Oluwado's fist.

The film then finishes with Mr Oluwado successfully knocking Patryk out and a close up is on Patryk                                     and the audience get to see how Patryk gets knocked out.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Evaluation

What challenges did I face during production?

During production I kept going through many problems. One of them was the fact that I kept getting new ideas for the recording every minute, but the problem was sticking to one of the brilliant ideas that I have created. This was a problem because I kept feeling that I had something missing. It kept feeling that the film wasn't at its full potential. To fix this I asked my co-workers to just ignore me as that way my ideas would not be recognized. Another problem that I had to go through was the background noise with the recording. There was no way to stop it, either than to tell people to shush which wasn't really the problem. I would change some of the characters and the setting of the film to a place which is much more crowded. Another problem was finding people who would act for us because everybody kept changing their mind. Eventually it took us a day to figure out who's playing who. 

What challenges did you face post-production?

Post production I had quite a few problems. One of these problems was that the editing software that I was using, Final Cut Pro X, didn't have the effects that I had envisioned. For example in the flash back scene where there are just images showing what happened at the party, I wanted there to be a flash and to zoom out and have that same picture layed on a table, and would do that for the rest of the images. I would redo all the shots and try and get rid of the background noise as much as possible. 

What are the overall strengths of your work?

 

My overall strength was the creativity of the film. I would like to believe that I contributed the most to creating the plot and shot list. My other strength was my enthusiasm to try and finish the film to its best. This is my prized strength as the flashback scene. This is where it connects the story together, the first scene and the last scene. This was the missing link to the story. One other strength that I had was my acting, as I took it for GCSE and love to act.

What are the overall weaknesses of your work?

My main weakness was my editing. This is the worst aspect of the work to me, as I've never edited. This was a the hardest task for me, but with the use of Final Cut Pro I eventually got better and have become more confident with my editing




What overall improvements would you make to your work? Why?

What I would overall improve is the filming of the short movie, when filming occured the camera shook because of the camera-man pressing the record button, therefore losing the tightness in editing. The characters also look at the camera as if they had no idea what do to, and to resolve this problem I had to cut some of the clips footage down by enough to make the transitions tight.

Final encounter