PRELIM MATCH CUT

Preliminary Match Cut

Dionne, Sammie & Myself decided to base our Preliminary Match Cut on Sammie walking into 'detention'. It begins with a close-up on the feet as she walks up the stairs and then a shot from in front of her. This took a while to film as we had to ensure continuity was there so consistency of the clip was clear.
The clip also varies with shots including, point-of-view shots, over-the-shoulder shots, shot-reverse-shot between Sammie & my conversation and a mid-close up shot to establish both of us in the shot.
It took just under the 3-hour session to film our clip, and only about 1-2 hours of editing as we had filmed each clip in order to editing would only involve transitions, match-cuts and sound.
Though the clip is quite short, attempting to stick to the story board can make it difficult to follow.

our practise match cut exersize

This was our first practise of a match cut. Our task was to film any situration as long as it included a match cut, this was our first exersize where we made a story bored and had to think of our own plans and actully film it. This gave us the first experience of making a story board and seeing how hard it is to fill up the shots. we had to do about 20shots, this sounded easy but as we tried to complete this task we relised how hard this was. This was useful because it gave us a chance to see how hard it was and how much thought our final product will need and hard work it will take.

This sequence started off with me, the main charactor, walking up the stairs its shows the back of me walking up. Then it goes to my point of view shot, looking out the glass to see the view.Then this is were the match cut was shown, as there was various shots as i go to reach for the door. This took many shots and i relised it was harder than i thought it was, espically when it came to editing as it didnt run as smooth as it could, so a cross disove was needed.Finally i walk into a room, where another charactor, christel was sitting we manage to do a shot-reverse-shot of me and christel talking. Trying to keep the camera on the correct side, following the 180 degree rule was hard and we kept messing it up as we relised after.when filming the final project, we will have to take into consideration that time is vital. This is because by the time the deadline came, we manage to do titles but the soundtrack was one beat played all the way through. This wouldnt be good enough for the final project to get full marks.

This was our first attemp of filming, we had to see how filming thriller works. This was because our overall genre has to be a thiller.We had a choice between a thrilling game of cards or a newspaper read. which we had to make it thrilling as possible. We choice a thiller newspaper read. We had to think about particular shots, camera movements and angles we could use to make this look as creapping, thrilling and instresting as possible. We chose; long shots, over the sholder shot,close ups, point of view shot,tracking and shakey hand movements. Which all lead to the overall sequence to be thrillering and built up suspense. To make it relistic as possible was a hard task, a thriller is a hard concept to create through camera, as there are many different ways in which you can protray it, we chose the typical sequence of someone being followed. This is the whole goods vs bad sub genre.

Newspaper Thriller Storyboard

This is a storyboard of Alima, Dionne, Sammie & My 'Newspaper Thriller'. I was the main character of the thriller - the person who is reading the newspapr - and Alima was the character who was in position as tension. Dionne & Sammie chose to film this shot...

KEY: LS - Long Shot, WS - Wide Shot, CU - Close Up, ECU - Extreme Close Up, MS - Meduim Shot OSS - Over-The-Shoulder Shot, SRS - Shot-Reverse-Shot, POV - Point Of View Shot


Picture 1This is an overview of the park of where the newspaper thriller is set. It is shown at a LS so that the audience are able to see everything. As first, we thought we would use panning to establish the whole park, but this consumed too much time and we thought the audience would get bored after only a few seconds without introducing anything!

Picture 2
This is a MS of myself walking with the newspaper, we used tracking to show my movements from the entrance of the park, all the way to where i sat down on a bench







Picture 3In this image, the shot is shown as a OSS so the audience have an idea of what i am seeing.. this image puts the audience in the same position as myself. To get from picture 2, to this picture, we had to cut-play-cut so that it would run smoothly. When we edited this, we had to allow continuity to take place.

Picture 4
This picture is very similar to picuure 2 as MS and tracking are also used here, however, in this clip, I am reading the newspaper

Picture 5
LS was used in this image so the audience are able to see I am simply sitting on a bench, reading the newspaper in the park. At this point, tension is not being built up.

Picture 6
This image was of a WS from behind the bushes; where tension begins. When editing, this shot was a problem because from picture 5 to this picture, the position of the newspaper had changed so we had not beared in mind 'continuity', however, we used a "dissolve" transition to show a change in time.

Picture 7
In this image, I am shown a CU reading the newspaper. To get from picture 6 to this picture, instead of using 'zoom-in', we cut the tape and replayed from a closer postition. The point of this CU shot was to get the 'concerned'/'shocked' expression so the audience are aware something is to occur.

Picture 8
In this image, we used ECU so the audience can focus on the newspaper, this also gave us the oppurtunity to allow Alima, to appear without behind me without the acknowledgement of the audience.

Picture 9
Here we used a LS so the audience can see the appearance of Alima. I am "unaware" of her being there, so it builds up excitement for the audience.


Picture 10
This is an OSS so the audience sewe that Alima is seeing. During this shot, I realise the presence of Alima and I turn around, after spotting her...

Picture 12
..and begin to walk away from Alima towards another bench as I am aware of her creepiness.





Picture 13This image is of a LS of me jogging away from Alima. Dionne attempted to get my movements by shaking the camera whilst I ran so the audience would get an idea of how I felt. It is obvious that Alima is left behind, but what is to come, also builds tension for the audience.

Picture 14
This is a POV so the audience can be in the position of me running, they to are experiencing what I am going through which builds up the anticipation

Picture 15
This image is of me showing relief that I have gotten away from Alima, this is a CU to show my expression of content, which also relaxes the audience.. for now!

Picture 16
In this MC shot and POV shot, Alima jumps out at me which puts the audience in a position of wonder.. "How Did Alima Get There?"
Filming this shot was very simple, yet we had to use SRS numerous of times to show my reaction.


Picture 17
ECU was used to portray shock from how Alima appeared after I thought I had ran away from her. This builds tension for the audience as it leaves them with a cliffhanger.. "What Is To Happen From Here?"

Final Edit of Livetype & Sound Filming Practice

Alima, Dionne, Sammie & my task was to create a thriller clip based on a person reading a newspaper.

Initially, we were given the choice to create a thrilling atmosphere between individuals playing cards and idea's suddenly emerged into my head, however, I thought a more challenging task would determine whether we are capable of handling filming and editing for any situation.

When it came to creating our storyboard, it was not easy at all. Or minimum set aim was at least 16 shots, yet after at least 5, we had ran out of ideas. So to add more tension and shots, we included different camera shots which would help tell our thrilling clip from different angles.

After allocating roles, we took the camera outside into the park next to the college to shoot our video. As easy as it seemed from the basic drawings of our storyboard, filiming at first was just as hard as coming up with the nature of our clip. After getting used to using the camera, we began filming yet realised some of the clips we wanted to use from our storyboard was impossible due to the limited time of 45mintues to film and also the weather conditions.

We explored different camera shots such as long and wide shots, over-the-shoulder shots as well as point of view shows and many editing such as tracking, panning and blurring.

Over time, filming became frustrating for each of us, as conditions were cold and having to repeat unsuccesfull shots determined whether we'd have a long enough shot to edit.
However, we finally came up with a thrilling clip for a newspaper, yet the problems were still left to unfold...

When it came to editing, we realised that errors that we thought we could have 'magically' fix with the editing program were only possible with re-filming them. 'Continuity' was the main error, which we have taken into account to make sure we are aware of it when we come to producing our final Thriller clip. There is a shot of when i am shown at an over-the-shoulder shot of me reading the newspaper up high, however, the shot changes into a long shot with the camera from behind the bushes, yet the newspaper is no longer up high. To resovle this problem, Sammie & I decided to use a transition to show "time had passed".

Other errors included the appearance of props in our shots.. this, unlike the newspaper, is unable to be edited out, so we shall bear this in mind to keep all props out of the way.
Unfortunately, as we used a public area, we had to re-film many shots as careless people got into the shots, therefore, we will consider a better location for our final Thriller clip.

Our group did not get to import title sequences or soundtracks into our clip, yet we were able to mute out any sounds which were within the clip i.e, unwanted dialogue, and the win blowing, by locking it on the program and deleting it. Hopefully, we will have time to come back to editing the clip to add in a soundtrack.

The experience of filmig revealed that it is not as easy as 'A-B-C', yet it takes a lot of concentration, team work and dedication - one slip up is very costly! However, i did enjoy the experience of filming and starring in the clip, yet we can learn a lot from this first and only clip!