Montage, 180 Degree Rule and Shot-Reverse Shot

In this video, I made sure that I have shown that I have kept the rule of the 180 degree rule. This video is about a teenager that has applied for a job, but he is late to his meeting. The boss who is hosting the meeting, is not impressed about the teenager. First my video starts with a long shot, while the teenager is walking through the door. The second shot is a medium shot that starts as the teenager and the boss finish shaking hands. As the teenager apologizes that he is late for the meeting, the video cuts into a close up facing the boss. As the boss asks the teenager a question, the video cuts into a close up facing the teenager. Then as the teenager answers the bosses question, the video cuts into a close up facing the boss again. This was the exact same camera angle as the other close up shot that was facing the boss.

Relationship to genre

What is Relationship to Genre?

Relationship of Genre is a load of shots in a scene are handed to the editor and the editor edits the shots, but only edits the shots that will mostly go with the film genre.

At the beginning of a film or video, it may begin with a wide shot to show where the film or the story is set, or for example, "Terminator 2 Judgement Day", the scene at the start is a war, but it only tells you how bad this war is. Then it continues to the actual setting in the film, with the story about the future war called Judgement Day. Some films start at a place and at a time where something good, bad or mysterious happened that is a key point to the film.

When there are arguments in scenes with only two people, the editor will mostly use medium shots, so the audience can see the two of them at from a close distance and the expressions on their faces or the actions that they do. In a action/adventuring film, for example a chase scene; the editor makes wider shots while switching from the chaser to the pursuer.

Engaging the Viewer

Engaging the viewer in film is when the crew does certain changes to the film that engages the viewer. There are lots of ways to engage the viewers in film. There are certain shots that are filmed in order to give the audience an amazing experience that is shown. Different camera shots will make the film much more entertaining to the audience, than just doing usually the same type of shot every time.

• Close ups will make the scene intense and exciting
• Medium shots will show actions of the actors body and the audience will see it perfectly, especially if there is a duel or a fight.
• Long shots will show the area where the action is in a scene or the area that the whole film is in. (cities, towns, buildings and more)

Film and Video (Digital and Analogue)

Film

Film is usually filmed in Digital. On old fashioned film called, 'Film Stock'; you have to load it up in complete darkness. Otherwise the light in the frames will not be shown properly. Making film is very expensive, film needs to be developed and it has to have light shone through it so it can be projected. Whereas on video, it is captured on magnetic tape and also scanned completely back over a 'Play-head'. Film shoots at 24 frames per second, but Video shoots frames per second that are interlaced. This is actually two sets of half images 30 times a second.

Video

For video, it is a normal electronic medium that is only used for analogue recording, analogue broadcasting and analogue copying. As a student with hardly any good budget, you can get a ordinary camera and start shooting you're shots. After that you can go to your computer or laptop, put all the shots you have on there and if you have a editing window; you can edit the shots. Not even that, but you can edit sound, light, motion speed and more. This sort of video is not Analogue, it is Digital.

Analogue and Digital

The Analogue signal is a continuous signal which only represents physical measurements. However on Digital, the signals are discrete time signals generated by digital modulation. Analogue can be used in analogue devices only, but they are best suited for audio and video transmission. On Digital are best suited for digital electronics and computing.

Shot Variation

Short Variation is the technique when different camera shots are used in one scene, but it adds effect. The cameraman uses different types of shots to add effect to the shot and the scene, but it matters what shot they do to add the effect. For example, close ups make the shots intense and exciting. The video above shows the last battle on the bridge in the second movie called 'Indiana Jones'. At one point, Indiana Jones wraps his hand around the rope on the bridge and he aims his sword a the middle of the bridge. It then goes to a close up, making the shot exciting and making the audience think, "what's he doing!".

Multiple points of view

Multiple points of view is when a camera is shooting in one shot and is concentrating on the action. The camera then switches angles, but it's still shooting on the same focus that the other shot was focusing on. Then it does it again and the camera keeps switches angles, but it still keeps focus on the action. The clip above is Obi Wan v.s. General Grievous from the film Star Wars Revenge of the Sith. While these two are having their duel, the camera angles keep changing, but also they keep focusing on the action.

Following the Action

Following the action is a technique that is directed. It captures all the important movements in a scene from switching camera angles. When it is used in a chase scene, such as the video above;it will keep following the chase, but to do that they have to keep switching from camera to camera; to keep following the action. In this clip, 'James Bond - Aston Martin chase scene in HD', the director decides where each camera is going to shoot to follow the action.  Tttt

My In-camera editing

In-camera editing is a really useful technique that can only be used while on camera and filming shots. It is where instead of editing all the shots that you have filmed, you can edit it in camera.

In my clip that I made up above, was supposed to be an example of what in-camera editing is. But the problem is, is that when the second shot started as the person was walking out the door, it didn't look as it would look like at the end of the first shot.