Intro To The Encounter

Intro To The Encounter

In the Encounter we used a range of techniques such as shot-reverse-shot, match on action, 180 degree rule and rule of thirds. All these techniques help us affect the audience in different ways. Shot-reverse-shot is repeated cuts between two shots, the subjects of which are often people and normally starts with both people in the shot. This guides the audience by focusing on the person talking. Match on action is a cut which occurs midway through a physical action this makes the scene more detailed, and exciting for the audience. 180 degree rule is like a invisible line the camera shouldn't cross, ensuring all subjects remain in correct part of the scene. This is to not confuse the audience. The rule of thirds places the subjects eyes roughly a third of the way down the screen, this is so the audience can focus on what is on screen instead of getting distracted.

The Scenario

A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue.

We have used the scenario but changed it to give it a story. Our Encounter is between a drug dealer and a drug lord who are dealing cocaine but the drug lord is not impressed with what he is given and ends up getting his body guard to handle the situation. We used all the techniques in our Encounter. We used shot-reverse-shot when the drug dealer and the drug lord are talking to each other across the table so you could see the emotion in their faces as well as focus on who is speaking. Match on action was used when the drug dealer walked into the drug lord's house, when the drug dealer was pulling out the chair, when the drug lord threw the bag of cocaine and when the drug dealer and bodyguard was fighting. Using match on action at these moments made the scene flow more and made it more exciting. We took the 180 degree rule and the rule of third into consideration when filming throughout the scene.

Evaluation

When filming the scene we had some strengths and weaknesses. We had some problems with the actors staying in character which meant the whole scene took longer to film and we also had some difficulties sticking to the 180 degree rule. But we all worked well together and we all had separate roles which meant someone was always doing something. My role was to make sure that we was following the storyboard properly and that we was following the 180 degree rule and the rule of thirds. I also think we had good mise en scene as we payed attention to the props we used and what our actors was wearing. Another weakness we has was the lighting, as some parts of the scene was shot in low key lighting and some was shot in high key lighting. We had to make sure it was not to dark so you could see what was happening but at the same time it had to be slightly dark to set the scene. At 1:02 we had originally broke the 180 degree rule as the clip before we recorded to the right of Nadim and on then next clip it was recorded on his left side. But while editing the video I found a way I could edit the clip so it flipped to the right side, so in the final clip the 180 degree rule was not broken. Also at 1:05 you can see the tripod in the background which was not meant to be in it. This error could not be changed as we did not have time to re-record the clip and it also could not be edited out. Another problem we faced was the time of day the video was recorded as it was quite late the lighting was very dark. This also made it hard for us to re-record as once we recorded it once it was hard to get the same lighting. An error witht the lighting was made at 0:30 as the lights was off in the hallway as he walked into the shoot, but the lights was on before. 

Overall the production of the video was good even though we faced a few challenges, they was easy to over come. We also have learned from our mistakes and will be able to over come them next time.