Daniel Winn discusses three cinematic techniques used in a preliminary film production task. Shot/reverse shot was used primarily to show conversation and facial expressions between characters. Match on action successfully joined two scenes together to improve flow with very few retakes. The 180 degree rule was followed to avoid confusing viewers about characters' positions, though it was sometimes difficult due to space limitations. Examples of each technique are provided from the group's filmed work.

1. Daniel Winn

2. Shot/reverse shot
 During our preliminary task production, we had to use the
shot/reverse shot to mainly show conversation as well as
facial expressions. I think that our group met the brief but
could have done more of the shot/reverse shot during the
production. Here is examples of shot/reverse shot in our film.

3. Match on action
 With match on action our group succeeded with very little re-
attempts. We used this because it joins two scenes together to help
the sequence flow more smoothly making the film better. I believe
that our group found putting this type of shot into our film quite
easily because of what was happening in our film production. Here
is the match on action produced in our film.

4. 180 degree rule
 This is used to make sure the viewer doesn't get confused,
this rule means that the camera can only rotate 180 degrees
on one side of the actors being filmed, otherwise if the
camera goes past that then the actors will change places and
confuse the viewer. Our group found this a little awkward to
do because of the tight spaces we was limited to at times but
still had good success. The examples for this are the same
as the shot/reverse shot screen shot.