Shot/Reverse Shot - How we did it.

How we implemented the shot/reverse shot into our film, was we filmed 3 shots all at once one side then 3 on the other side and just edited them together. We found this a lot easier to do than moving the camera every time, so we wouldn't have to have to find the right place to put it. Once we had the clips onto the computer we found it much easier to edit this way and kept consistency, as you can see in the screen shots below.

Match On Action; How we did it

Having done a match on action post already this post is showing how we used it in our filming procedure.


We first set up the camera, zoomed and focused on the peice of paper featured in the match on action. This shot was the main part of the match on action due to it showing the actual pass of the paper. The other shot comes before, and shows the first character getting the paper out their pocket and the start of the pass. The second part of the match on action was significantly more difficult to get right compared to first bit. Getting the angle and speed of the pass made this difficult but we eventually managed to achieve a good pass shot. From here, we edited the two together at the exact frames to create flow. It took many takes to get it right but when we managed it, you can see the paper as part of a smooth transition of passing it to the second character and this is in the main frame. Its short but gives an interesting effect to the viewer..

Using the 180 degree rule.

Using the 180 degree rule was easier than we expected it to be. We filmed on one side of the actors to ensure that we did not cross the line.
Before we started filming we made sure that none of our shots would involve us crossing the 180 degree line which we had decided to be through the middle of the two characters.

These screen grabs show the side of the line that we filmed on. Both characters stayed in the same positions to avoid confusion.


This diagram shows the positioning of the characters, where the line was, and where abouts in relation to the characters and the line we placed the camera.