Prelim Video

Prelim Editing

a) In the editing process within our group we each took part in editing at one time, and if one of us had a good idea to put forward we would put it in. Editing techniques I completed where cropping clips, and adding transitions and music.

b) We met the brief of the prelim because we constructed the match on action when we had a shot of the door handle turning, then the doctor was in the room, and we stuck by the 180 degree rule so all the filming looks correct and there aren't any faults to do with which side the characters are on.

c) I think that our group worked really well together when doing all planning, filming and editing because there was never any harsh disagreements, but if we was to disagree on something it wouldn't be a problem at all. When planning we worked together by each doing something different to get the task done in time. For example I wrote up the script, Vikki typed it on her blog, and then me Andrew and David produced the story board. When filming, Vikki and Andrew played the roles of the 2 characters, David filmed it and I looked at it from an audience point of view and directed it to make it the best it could be, and we all put in our ideas in filming as well.

Prelim Filming

a) We chose our filming location to suit what our scene was about.

b) We filmed the 180 degree rule by filming on the same side of the room for every part of the scene and we filmed the match-on-action rule by showing the door handle turn and then cut to the woman looking up then cut back to the doctor closing the door behind him. This meant that we applied this rule correctly because we cut out the action of the doctor actually coming through the door, but the audience automatically know that he's come through the door, without even thinking or questioning it.

c) We adapted our initial ideas by adding last minute things to make the scene more effective. This was things like prop; we used a lab coat for the doctor. This emphasises his role and makes his character more believable and recognisable to the audience. We also adjusted how the room was set out, to make it look more like a waiting room. We did this by putting all the chairs in a row and moving around some of the furniture. While filming we also adapted some of our initial ideas that were on our storyboard as we tried new things out and found better ways and ideas of filming whilst doing it, rather than we had originally thought.

Prelim Script

(Direct address shot of woman sitting in a waiting room of hospital – waiting for news on husbands operation)
(Woman’s fidgeting badly, she paces up and down the room, then sits down and she is tapping her feet on the floor and fidgeting with her hands) (nurse enters and woman jumps up out of her seat)
(close p on her feet- then close up on the door handle- woman jumps up- log shot back at the nurse standing there)

Woman: (shot-reverse-shot) what is it? What has happened? Is he going to be okay?


Nurse: would you like to take a seat..?


Woman: can you just tell me if he’s okay?


Nurse: (zoom out to long shot when they sit down) he pulled through the operation-


Woman: (buts in) (close up on womans face) ah thank god! I’ve been so worried, i-


Nurse: (buts in) but… although we’ve got rid of the tumour, he’s lungs aren’t strong enough to keep him alive, the life support machine is what is keeping him alive.


Woman: (mid shot looking at both characters)( stutters) just tell me how long he’s got left?


Nurse: (moves in closer and holds her hand) I cant guarantee it, but from past experiences, 2weeks, tops… but if you give us your permission we would turn the life support off to put him out of the pain he is in, it’s up to you…


(close up on womans face as she quivers, then as she cries her head drops)

Prelim Task

a) The prelim will entail a 30 second scene involving a conversation between 2 characters. One of these characters needs to walk through a door and through the scene the 180 degree rule, the match-on-action rule and shot reverse shot should be used.

b) The 180 degree rule means that the camera can move anywhere within the half circle. This prevents characters from appearing that they are facing the same way.

The match-on-action rule means continuity editing. It embeds cuts in the the middle of action. It helps 'hide' the cut in the scene.

c) Summary of our initial idea:
- woman waiting to hear news about her sick husband
- nurse walks in
- they have a conversation discussing what happened and how he is
- ends with the woman being left to make a huge decision about the life of her husband