Today i filmed my continuity task. This was, someone walking through the door, sitting down, and exchanging a few lines of dialogue with another person. I needed a variety of different shots, which took on the 180-degree rule, shot reverse shot and matching on action.
Firstly, I had to film the person walking through the door from outside, and then shutting the door after her.
Then i shot the person from inside the building, coming through the door and closing it. These two shots could later be edited together into one smoothly running scene.(match on action)
Secondly, i had to shoot the person walking from the door, over to the table, and hear her exchanging some dialogue with the other person.I then had to do the same from the other side, watching the other person say her words. When doing this, i had to be very precise about where i wanted to place my camera, and where i wanted the person to be in the frame (Thirds rule).
Although this sounds rather easy, it is harder than it looks. We had trouble deciding on where to place the camera, especially when we did the close up shots on the two people. Also, because the table, where the two people were sitting at, was right against the wall, we had to fake some shots. For example, we had to move the person forward and her chair, so that we could place the camera behind her.
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