Camera Shot Requirements

The Preminalary must show a continuity so appropiate cameras shots must be used to achieve this, . The task must invlove filming a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he exhanges a couple lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.

· Shot/Reverse Shot - where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. The characters are shown facing in opposite directions.

· 180 Degree Rule - An imaginary line called the axisconnects the characters and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character will always be frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first. If the camera passes over the axis, it is called crossing the line or jumping the line.

 
By Oliver Endersby