Friday 4 December 2015

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.