Prelim

Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Continuity editing- editing to make the video, run smoothly to ensure there are no gaps in the audio or visual aspects.

Shot reverse shot- filming a scene of dialog between two people which is first shot with a character as the main subject with an over the shoulder shot of the other character, then shot again the other way round so that it can be edited to show both reactions and both dialog.

Firstly we needed to shoot somebody (me) walking into the room, therefore the first shot is a long shot. We decided to do this from a long way away to set the mood of the conversation, it also allows the audience to focus on the character and their body language. An urgent and smug feel was trying to be portrayed as the conversation being gossip would soon be revealed.

We then filmed the character going downstairs and entering the room the continuity of the long shots expressing anticipation was displayed. 
When the character enters approaches the door there is a pause between the shot of them entering the room.
Improvements could be made to this being a smoother transition for easier viewing and to reflect the importance of the information the character was about to reveal. Furthermore improvements could be made by ensuring the part when I sat down was in shot, to ensure the viewer could see the character and their facial and body language.
The 180° rule was kept in place so that the viewer would not be confused and it would not take away from the feel of the scene. For the shot reverse shot we shot the scene twice one from one shoulder, the other from the opposite side, this is because we only used one camera. Also because we filmed it twice the dialog didn't completely match up making editing slightly more difficult. My movement when filming over my shoulder was a problem since it could distract the audience away from the other characters facial expressions etc. For a good composition for the shot, we tried to film it so that the characters were a central shot when focusing on them both in particular and also ensured that the shot reverse shot was filmed at the same height for continuity.

What I've learnt from using DLSRs 

From filming this premium I have learnt how different settings effect the over all finish of the video.

White balance- this adjusts the light and colour of the scene when shooting, it's important for maintaining a natural light. It combats the blue colour when filming in natural light and orange colour when filming in artificial light. For a room with both a white balance of around 400 should be used. We were filming in a classroom with both artificial and natural lighting thus we needed a white balance of around 400.

ISO- this is important for ensuring the right tone of light for the image. The lower the ISO the less sensitive it is to light, therefore if there is little light the higher ISO you need to use, for instance in a light area you may only need an ISO of around 100 and a darker area an ISO of around 800 is needed. However the more sensitive you make the camera to light it has more noise, therefore you need a balance.

Lenses- using a smaller lens number gives a wider field of view. Also when focusing its best to use manual or else the recording will show the camera trying to focus on automatic.