1. JESS
(medium close up- Contains a figure from
the knees/waist up and is normally used for Preliminary task (Wide/Long Shot- shows
dialogue scenes, or to show some detail of the entire figure, with the head near the
action.) top of the frame and the feet near the
bottom. While the focus is on the
character, background detail still
emerges)
These are the two opening shots for both Preliminary and opening tasks. The preliminary task’s
opening footage was very shaky which I thought brought it’s level down. For the opening of our
Film we used a tripod which made the footage a lot more still and professional. For both videos
you meet the main character straight away in the establishing shot.

2. Match on action
JESS (Match
on action) Preliminary Task (We could haveused
match on action here)
After filming the preliminary task we realised that
we hardly used any shots or camera angles so
added quite a few into our final film ‘JESS’. In this
particular print screen you see how we have used
match on action which is a continuity editing
technique usually done in three stages: One
showing the person walking towards the
door, Two an extreme close up of the persons
hand on the doorknob and the Third of the person
walking through the door.

3. Shot / reverse shot
Shot/reverse shot is a continuity editing
technique used to convey two characters having
a conversation or a character looking intensely at
an object. In my case we used it in our
preliminary task when two characters were
talking. It was filmed over one characters
shoulder while they are saying their lines to
show the other persons expressions then will
switch round, after this is filmed it will be edited
together so that it is continuous.

4. Over shoulder shots which are
used in the two films, They are
used to show the perspective
of a character as if there is
someone behind them. ( Top:
Preliminary and Bottom: JESS)

5. A Two-shot from the Preliminary task which is of two
people framed similarly to a medium shot.

6. 180 degree rule
After this scene we originally had another scene where the shot would cut to Jess
pouring her coffee from behind, but we then realised that the scene was breaking the
180 degree rule which is shown in the diagram below

7. Close up
A close up shows
very little
background, and
concentrates on
either a face, or a
specific detail of
mise en scène.

8. Closing shot
The Closing shot is the last thing you see, In
our opening we ended it with the door
because Jess leaves the house at the end but
with the preliminary task we didn’t really
end it.

9. Extreme close up
An extreme version of the close up, generally
magnifying beyond what the human eye would
experience in reality.

10. Birds eye View
This shows a scene from directly overhead, a very
unnatural and strange angle. This shot does put the
audience in a position to look down on the action.

11. Point of view
A point of view shot is when the audience experiences
everything the character is going through, We used
this when Jess looses her phone and finds it in the
oven