The document summarizes the learning from a preliminary media exercise to a full film project. For the preliminary task, the goals were to create match on action, 180-degree rule, and shot reverse shots. These skills were then applied to developing the opening two minutes of a film project. The match on action, 180-degree rule, and shot reverse shots were improved by using better camera positions, lighting, and angles that made the shots flow more smoothly. The learner felt they improved most at camera angles and developing more advanced match on action shots.

1. Media Evaluation Q7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have
learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

2. What Brief were you
working to?
 Our main aim of the preliminary task was
continuity and to make the clip run smooth.
 The objectives of the task were to create these three
shots; Match on Action, Shot Reverse Shot, 180
degree rule.
 To do this we had to film a short continuous
conversation of two people starting from one person
walking in through a door, sitting down and
engaging into a conversation.

3. Film Project
 For our project, we had to come up with a story line
for a new film and the aim was to develop the
opening two minutes.
 We had to use our skills from the shots in the
preliminary task and develop these further in our
film.

4. Match On Action
 In the Preliminary exercise, the match on action shot
we did was where the character was walking
towards the door to open it and then a close up of
his hand opening the door which was a simple way
of showing the match on action shot in this task.

5. Match On Action
 Compared to the preliminary exercise we used our skills from the first attempt
at this shot and produced a better match on action shot with a better camera
position and lighting on the shot. This shot was where the characters are
walking towards a lift and the shots flick from them to the button being
pressed then quickly back to them walking into the lift.
 Compared to the preliminary exercise the shots flow easier and are smooth as
each shot lines up with each other. For example in the practise shots they were
in line but weren’t perfectly a line with each other due to the filming the actor
front on rather than behind showing the approach to the door. From our
mistakes we developed our shots in the main project and made them look
more effective.

6. 180 Degree Line Rule
 The preliminary exercise 180 degree line rule was
shown in a simple way where we didn’t cross the
line for example over the characters left shoulder
then over the others right never swapping over the
line. As well as this the two shot also shows this for
the background never changes.

7. 180 Degree Line Rule
 In our project we developed this type of shot by not crossing
the line on a moving shot. For example the camera is facing
over the left shoulder of the male character then over the right
of the female character which shows we kept to the rule.
 We also developed this shot in the three shot by never crossing
the line therefore there is no mistakes because the background
never alternates.

8. Shot Reverse Shot
 In the preliminary exercise the shot reverse shot is
simply shown in the conversation swapping from
each character as an over the shoulder shot of each
character speaking. This shot was effective and
made the conversation smooth and showed each
character equally throughout the conversation.

9. Shot Reverse Shot
 In our film we tried to make this shot less obvious to spot but good
enough to be suitable to make it look more professional so for
example we shot two characters walking then switched to a close up
of one of the characters face then to a shot from behind hitting three
angles of the character producing the shot reverse shot.
 This type of shot was more developed than the exercise version of
this shot because we adapted what we knew from the first practise
and moved the cameras around to produce a better shot reverse shot.

10. What did I get better at?
 After the preliminary exercise the things which I got
better at were firstly camera angles. I had learnt from the
exercise that when producing the key shots moving the
camera into different angles on these shots produced a
much more effective shot for the opening of a new film.
 The shot I feel I developed the most would be the Match
on Action as it helped produce flowing shots at different
angles suitable to open a film for example, a shot of a
character pushing a bucket and at the same time swap to
the other character walking towards the reception at the
same time. Which then allowed us to place a pan up shot
developing the types of shots further.