Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you

have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

The 180 degree rule is used so people can determine the different characters that are talking just from the change in the scene.

This wouldn’t be a real example of this rule because the video only contains two uses of the incident and the clip is only around forty seconds long, however the use of these could still be counted.

However during this the quality would not have been as good because someone filmed this using a phone and it was handheld so it would be shaky and the quality would be bad because of the number of pixels would be lower and so the overall quality would be lower than the final film opening.

In the final video there is a similar use of the 180 degree rule however it is only slight and done in two different scenes.

The shot from behind the door when he is leaving the house and the shot looking at him coming out of the door and so it is only a short viewing and the scene is also at an angle.

There was a better quality in the film opening, there was no more shaking because a tripod was used and the quality is also better because there is a better quality video that is used because there is a camera rather than a mobile phone.

Match on Match action

Using match on match action allows for there to be two views to one scene and also can give the audience a different perspective. This is used in order to have a good understanding and knowledge of the scene whilst still keeping the feel and nature of a horror film.

It is a generic shot that is used throughout the genre which is why I decided to include it into my film, this allows me to use more shots throughout the film opening and also be able to see which angle or shot may be better to use.

By using this shot I could present my character in the same situation but in a different way, so the audience could perceive him in more than one way, thus giving them more communication about the message I am trying to convey.

Shot vs. shot

Shot vs. shot allows for me to add a different dimension to the film because I can use more shots and also add in more feeling because of this. If I was to do something better I think that it would be to use more of this because at the moment my use of this type of shot is not as high as I would like it to be.

However this is also another well known and used shot throughout the genre so it generic enough for me to have used some of it within my film opening whilst also being able to relate it to other films, this also allowed me to compare how I had used it to how other director had used it and what messages they were trying to put across by using this shot.