Preliminary task

In our preliminary task we were given a storyboard to follow and were split into small groups. The storyboard involved someone entering a room and sitting down at a table with a different character, then they had to have a short conversation that we had to construct.  I was in a group of 4 and three of us had to allocate ourselves with characters while the spare person would do the filming. There were certain rules that we had to follow while filming like the 180 degree rule. This is when we make sure the camera stays on the same side of what is being filmed, this avoids confusion for the audience. If we kept moving the camera around the room the audience would get confused with what is happening and will not understand. We also used shot reverse shot during dialogue to make the scene run more smoothly and the help the audience understand who is speaking and what is happening during the scene. We used close ups of the characters as another way of letting the audience know who is talking and so they understand what is happening. We also used a close-up on the main character's hand when he opened the door, and this lets the audience feel involved in a way and let the audience see from the characters perspective.