Preliminary Task

The story we were trying to deliver was that Ricky (Damola) was expecting cocaine from Gustavo (Patrick). Unfortunately, Gustavo did not have the cocaine, therefore, he was forced to leave, in the lead of his bodyguard (Stefan).

We used many different techniques such as: Eye line Match: We used this at the start of our short film. When there was a shot of Gustavo knocked on the door, there was another shot of me and Ricky looking towards the door. This creates more realism into our film as the audience knows what we are looking at.

Match-on-action: We used this after our Eye line Match. This is when we see a character start an action in one shot then continue it into the next shot. This is shown when Gustavo is entering the classroom by opening the door slightly from outside the classroom, then it quickly changes to another scene when Patrick is opening the door fully from the inside.

Shot/Reverse Shot: This is when the shot changes every time an action or speech occurs. This technique is very useful in conversations and arguments. We used this technique in a conversation between Gustavo and Ricky about the cocaine and the shot changes every time Gustavo or Ricky talks.

 Sound Bridge: During my editing, I decided to use a sound bridge. This is when sound carries on from on scent to another.This was shown in my background music as it played throughout the short film.

180 degree rule: This is a basic guideline rule that states that the two characters in the same scene should always have the same left and right relationship to each other. We followed this guideline rule as during the conversation between Ricky and Gustavo, they both had the same right and left relationship.