In the preliminary task, the filmmakers learned about following the 180-degree rule and using shot reverse shot. For the final product, they improved their editing, with more refined continuity editing to build tension. They also better understood and followed conventions like the 180-degree rule, improved their match on action editing, tightened their shot reverse shot framing and rhythm, and incorporated more varied camera angles and shots. Overall, the filmmaker feels they gained valuable experience in the filmmaking process and applying different cinematic rules and skills from their preliminary task to their final product.

1. Evaluation Activity 7
Looking back to your preliminary task,
what do you feel that you have learnt in
the progression from it to the full
product?
Ayan Magudia

2. What was the preliminary task
about.
The preliminary task we were asked to create a sequence
in which we would not break the 180 degree rule which
means that is when the camera is always placed on one
side of an imaginary line between the characters. This
means that the characters should always have the same
left and right relationship to each other. Also we had
used shot reverse shot and match on action. Since the
preliminary task I feel that I have learned a lot about the
film and the different rules that are need to be kept in
mind when filming making process and skills that it
involves. When we did the preliminary task, we were
unsure of what the 180 degree rule was and so made a
lot of mistakes.

3. Editing
• The editing in our final product is much more refined in comparison to the
preliminary task as we had used continuity editing .
• In the preliminary task, the events occur in linear order – this meant that
the story line behind the production was in a chronological narrative.
• As not much happens in the preliminary task as it was about a boy doing
his homework and the his friend comes along forgetting to do her result is
quite boring.
• But in our final product we use continuity editing to convey the build up of
tension through out the production and then at the end we had broken
the climax .
• We could had used parallel editing of the production as we could have
used , more complex editing to the narrative structure helps the audience
understand . We realised that we would have to clearly emphasise the fact
that the scenes with Stefanie who acts as the main protagonist in the film
is flicking through the channel and then the paranormal girl appears
behind her walking from a different scene, in order to make the parallel
editing work.

4. 180 Degree Rule
• In our preliminary task, there was one shot where we broke
the 180 Degree Rule:
• I feel whilst producing our final product I came to
understand the 180 Degree Rule much better: as a result in
our final product the rule is not broken.
• However I still found it challenging to be sure if we were
breaking the Rule or not, especially when filming the over-
the-shoulder shots for the shot reverse-shot sequences.
Here the rule is broken because previously, throughout the
sequence everything has been shot from the right-hand
side of the line. However in this shot you can see the shot is
more to the left side of the line rather than the right.

5. Match on Action
• The match on action used in the preliminary task is
rather rudimentary. It is also quite rough, there are
clear stop and starts – the action doesn’t flow
smoothly. The problem for this mainly lay in the
editing.
• Whereas in our final product, the match on action is
much smoother. Also we use a wider variety of shots
for match on action, e.g. the sequence where Stefanie
sees the door opening. uses a POV close-up, extreme
close-up and a medium close-up.
• Smoother match on action increases the verisimilitude
of our product and helps it achieve a higher quality

6. Shot-Reverse-Shot
• Shot-Reverse-Shot
• I feel that our use of shot-reverse-shot improved greatly, in
the final product, from what we produced in the
preliminary. For instance in the preliminary, the shots linger
for too long (on each subject separately) and the framing is
too wide.
• Also, the duration of each shot is much shorter – meaning
the rhythm of the sequence feels right. Also the framing is
much tighter, not only allowing the audience to be
engaged, but ensuring the focus is on the characters.
• over-the shoulder shots could have been improved [in the
final product] as at times the framing could have been
tightened.

7. Camerawork
• In comparison to the preliminary task, the variety of shots
that we used in the final product increased dramatically.
• In the preliminary task there was one low-angle shot, but
the rest were simply shot without a change in angle.
However in our final product, we realised we could connote
a lot about a character’s emotional/physical state through
angles. For example when is Stefanie hears whispers the
camera angle is high as it shows that she is scared making
him appear worried and frightened in the situation. We
even used a canted angle at one point to show what the
main character is looking at . This emphasise the terrified
character at the moment and help to engage the audience.

8. • I have learnt a lot about the process of filming, and
editing since the preliminary task also about the
different rules that I have to follow With practise from
the preliminary task and research that I have done
from the pre and post production I know now what are
the different codes and convention the a horror film
needs , our production came together fine in the end
as we had good communication. I am very happy with
the final product and greatly enjoyed the experience.