The student reflects on how their film project turned out differently than originally planned, with a different storyline and format than expected. They discuss how camera work was more difficult than anticipated, with the film shot in a constant handheld style rather than specific shot types. While the film lacked match-on-action or shot-reverse shots due to its style, the student feels they have learned how to effectively employ these techniques for future projects while avoiding breaking the 180 degree rule.

1. Evaluation 7
Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel
you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

2. What have I learnt since then...
• Our project turned out completely different to how i expected it too,
it was film in a different form and the storyline was different from
how we originally envisioned it. So for this evaluation question I'm
going to struggle comparing the different shots types as in our final
piece we don't have any set shot types as its a constant flow of
footage and is filmed hand held BUT there are some identifiable shots
and I will compare them to what we made previously.

3. Hmm...
Since my preliminary task the main thing I have learnt about filming is
the camera work is actually a lot harder than you would expect it to be.
We decided to go with a handheld home film look meaning that we
didn't have any specific shot types but at the same time we did. We
shot our film in a constant flow most of it was one take so I had to
think on my feet for most of the shots. We mainly kept our film as a
mid-shot so that the audience is able to see what is happening the
whole time whilst still giving context to where the characters were.

4. These two photos are examples of mid
shots used in both my preliminary and
my final work. You can see that in my
preliminary shot its much closer to the
characters boarder line close up,
whereas in my final project you can
see the characters up to their knees
and their surroundings are in shot too.
Preliminary taskFinal Project
These are both close ups, I chose to use close ups as I
really wanted to capture the emotion in their faces. As
you can see in the preliminary task our actress wasn't
able to keep a straight face so when it came to
shooting our real thing we made sure that we filmed
the scene until he was able to do it with a completely
straight/angry face.

5. Mhmm...
Because of the way we chose to film our piece we didn't have a chance to use match-on-action or shot
reverse shots which is a shame because I really enjoyed shooting them in our preliminary task however if
I do ever need to incorporate them into a film (maybe in my A2 work) I will know how to use them
effectively also ensuring it doesn't break the 180 degree rule.
180 degree rule...
A rule stating that a camera should be placed
somewhere inside 180 degrees on a particular
side of the invisible line of a shot containing two
people filmed in sequence. If the camera crosses
the line, confusion results for the film viewers,
because it makes it look like the people are
switching places as one watches the film.
Match-on-action...
Is an editing technique for
contingency where one
shot cuts to another shot
portraying the action of
the subject/person of the
first shot.
Shot-reverse-shot...
A filming technique used to show conversations
between two characters. It shows one character
looking at the other whilst they're talking and then
reverses it to show the other character when they're
talking making sure they don't break the 180degree
rule.