Preliminary Task Analysis

We used our knowledge in camera angles throughout the film, matched cuts and the 180 degree rule were used for example. We made good use of the 180 degree rule in the ahot/reverse/shot at the end of the film during the conversation about obtaining a shoe. This worked well for the conversation as it didn't make the location of the speakers confusing to get used to.

Matched cuts were also used in the action of the extract's introduction. For example when Matt is walking down the stair, different shots were used to show this happening so the audience finds it more interesting than if there was only one shot showing it all. Also, while Matt walked through the corridors, matched cuts were used from different angles to show this. This was what we found good about the film that fit the specification.

There was one continuity error within the film inbetween two shots. This was when Matt walks from the stairs to the corridor, there was a shot of him walking towards the corridor followed by a shot of him skipping down it. We had to find a shot to show him switching between and walk and skip, so we fixed this problem by finding a shot of him just exiting the stairs and starting to skip down the corridor.

Another error that we also stumbled upon was when the music abruptly stopped at a point in the film, we corrected this by finding a fade effect to add to the music to help it run smoothly.

There were three additional errors that we will make sure we don't repeat in our main task, these were:

• In the second shot of the film, Matt's head was cut off from the mis-en-scene and we only managed to keep his upper body inside the frame. We could have managed to have his head in the shot, so it was a mistake.
• There were other students included in the background of a shot in the corridor which was not intended, next time we will make sure only intended actors are included in the mis-en-scene
• When we had a close up of a shoe, it was in an entirely different location, this was because we had forgotten to include this shot once we had finished filming, so we had to quickly film it before the lesson was over. Next time we will not let silly mistakes like that happen. However we could have done it for comedic effect.