Our Practice Film

This is my practice film that I produced with Tobias to build my knowledge of film making. From making this film I have learned:

•  The importance of the 180 degree rule
•  The importance of match on action
•  The importance of taking various shots of the thing

After gaining knowledge of the above, I now feel confident about film making and editing and I feel that I now have the knowledge and skills to produce my own film.

With the 180 degree rule, I have learned that this is an extremely important tool for film making and not breaking the continuity of the film. On our first attempt of making this practice film I discovered that we broke the 180 degree rule and this made the film look unnatural. After this we were forced to go back out to shoot that practice film again.

Also, I have discovered that match on action is equally as important as the 180 degree rule for keeping the continuity of a film. Whilst editing this film, I discovered that one of our actors, Ben, had opened the door with his hand upside down which did not match the close up of him pulling down that handle of the door to open the door as he did this with his hand right side up. This taught me that I should have should have taken more shots of him opening the door so that this issue could have been avoided. Nether the less I had to use match on action and editing to get around this issue, as you can see from withing the film above, to avoid having to go out for a third time to shoot it again.