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2. In my preliminary task I demonstrated two different camera
techniques which were:
- 180 degree rule
- Shot reverse shot
The preliminary task was useful in giving me and our group
a brief feel for film making, which I believe helped us in our
final product when making decisions regarding camera
angles.

3. The 180 degree rule line works in a way where the camera
and the characters are always separated by a line in
between them, and the camera will never crosses that line.
This gives the camera view a front perspective, which
makes it easier for the viewer to watch without becoming
confused as to who is where in the scene. The Shot
reverse shot is also used along side the 180 degree rule,
this is when the subject is having a conversation, for
example at a table, and the camera switches between the
subjects.

4. The match on action shot has been used in our final
product. It followed the victim in the woods, showing the
view from both behind and in front of the subject. However
we did not include the 180 degree rule line & shot reverse
shot as our genre of film was a slasher horror, and it is not
a convention to show the encounter between the victim
and killer as such a scene using either the 180 degree rule
or the shot reverse shot as it will release the killer’s
identity. Doing this in the opening of a film would destroy
the film’s plot before it had even started.