Preliminary Task

For our first task of the course we are going to shoot a short 2 minute film that incorporates the shot reverse shot. The full brief is as follows; 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 he/she then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. I like the sound of this task as i can think of many films that have been successful using the same demonstrations, for example the torture scene in Reservoir Dogs when Mr White tortures the policeman. I have had several ideas for my film including a torture scene set in a shipping container in which lighting would have a huge affect on the audience and the scene itself. Other ideas include a job interview, a man being interrogated by police, a child being told off by a teacher or possibly a relative visiting a man in an old people's home.

The overall point of a preliminary task is to eliminate any uncertainties with making a film. It is important that I make a good film demonstrating all the film techniques i have and will learn, however it does not need to be of the quality of my main piece later in the year. I hope that i lear a thing or two about creating films from this preliminary task that i can then use in my main task at a later date.