Codes and Conventions of The Camera

180 Degree Rule

In film making its a basic guideline regarding the on screen spatial relationship between a character or object within a scene. The rule states that the camera should remain at the same side of a imaganary line. The line is drawn, perpendicular to the camera's viewpoint in the establishing shot of the scene enforcing the continuity of the film. Such rules should never be broken however it is permitted for effect. Breaking the rule in scenes that containing a chase, conversation or aspect of sport results in such problems such as confusing the audience, the audience loses focus and they become disorientated subsequently missing vital parts of the film.  

Match On Action

Match on action is a editing technique used for continuity purposes. Match on action is where one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action or subject in the first shot. This creates the impression of a sense of continuity. The action that you see cutting through is called a visual bridge drawing the viewers attention away from slight cutting or continuity issues. This is not a graphic match or match cut but portray's a continuous sense of the same action rather than matching to seperate things. 

Shot Reverse Shot 

A series of shots that views the action from the opposite side of the previous when two characters are in dialouge to give the impression that they are both looking at each other. 

Production Schedule

Production Schedule 

For our media project I designed a production schedule to inform my fellow peers, actors and actresses of what type of shots would be used, what time and date these shot will take place what dialouge would be ensuing and who will be involved on this excate date. This was made by myself for the sole purpose to orgainse and command my team to produce the best possiable product. 

Silent Betrayal Synopsis: Gabriel

Synopsis

The film opens with a brief montage. Shots vary in length and in the type of images they convey. The first image is of a missing girls poster. We presume that this the protagonist Lucy. The montage continues showing images of the girl and finishes with a news correspondent reporting outside the school of the girl.

The opening credits finish and a establishing shot of a urban London skyline denotes the train station. We cut straight to the protagonist Lucy leaving the Westbourne Park tube station. We are then shown 3 men discussing amongst themselves there abduction plan which can been seen by the various images of Lucy. One of the abductors is asked if his men on the ground are in postion and he is of told to send a text message to Lucy. The camera cuts back to Lucy  walking down a street. She looks at her phone where a text message reads "I'm down the alleyway come and meet me." She walks down toward the alleyway where the camera cuts again this time to a man whose sitting in his car and speaking into a walkie talkie "she's heading your way." Back to Lucy and she approaches the alleyway where she greets her boyfriend. They hug one anouther and he proclaims she missed him. However little does she know that her boyfriend is used as a decoy and a man runs up behind her and knocks her out. She is budled into the boot and the final shot of the sequence ends with a shot of her dad ringing her phone.