This document discusses and summarizes various filmmaking techniques: the 180-degree rule which establishes spatial relationships between characters; shot/reverse shot which cuts between views from opposite angles; and match on action which matches the same action across two shots to make a motion seem continuous. It then provides two potential story synopses for a preliminary film task - "Reunited" about a lost dog, and "Broken Computer" about a customer visiting an IT service. The writer chooses "Reunited" due to the creative freedom of filming outside and its less typical storyline.

1. Mina Margo Spasic
AS Media Studies
Preliminary Task 2

2. Introduction
My task was to research and acquire understanding of the following
filmmaking techniques:
• 180-degree rule
• Shot/Reverse Shot
• Match on action

3. 180-Degree Rule
• In filmmaking, the 180-degree rule is a
cinematography principle that establishes spatial
relationships between on-screen characters. The
rule states that the camera should stay on one
side of an imaginary line between two characters
so that each character always appears to be
facing the same direction, regardless of where
the camera is positioned. When you keep your
camera on one side of this imaginary line, you
preserve the left/right relationship of your
characters and help the audience maintain a
sense of visual consistency. This means that no
matter what type of shot you use, the viewer still
knows where everyone in the scene is located.

4. Shot/Reverse Shot
• Reverse Angle Shot A shot taken from an angle roughly 180 degrees opposite of
the previous shot. The term is commonly used during conversation, indicating
a reverse Over-the-Shoulder Shot.

5. Match On Action
• A technique used in film editing, is a cut that connects two different views
of the same action at the same moment in the movement. By carefully
matching the movement across the two shots, filmmakers make it seem
that the motion continues uninterrupted. For a real match on action, the
action should begin in the first shot and end in the second shot.
There are three types of match on action:
• Graphic Match Cuts — shapes, colours, compositions.
• Match on Action Cuts — action, movement.
• Sound Bridge — sound effects,dialogue, music.

7. Preliminary Task Synopsys
“Reunited”
The story takes place in a neighbourhood. A person is walking her
dog. Before the person enters a shop they tie their dog to a pole
outside. When they come out of the store, they notice that their dog
is missing. They begin freaking out and then ask a stranger on the
street if they had seen a dog wandering around. The random stranger
says yes and appoints them to the dog. The owner is then reunited
with their dog.

8. Pros:
• Creative freedom when filming outside
• Whatever Time
• Not typical preliminary task storyline
Cons:
• Demanding
• Equipment
• Outside of school

9. “Broken Computer”
The action takes place on the IT-service. A customer enters the building,
walks upstairs and enters a room, where he meets the IT-service
employee. They have a short conversation about customer’s computer
problem. In the end customer shows an employee his computer and
employee tells him to come in two days and then his computer will be
ready. Customer leaves.

10. Pros:
• Can be filmed in school
• Access to equipment
• Simple story
Cons:
• Really similar to the photo story

11. After outlining the positives and negatives of each storyline, we have
decided to use the “Reunited” story. We chose to use this story because
we have more freedom filming outside and it is not as common of a
preliminary task storyline.