My Movie scene review
https://vimeo.com/user131327517/review/500957085/006885c017
My idea of the scene came from different movies which involved a chase or one or more people running away from an enemy. I wanted to make my scene as real as possible by getting the right camera angles of shots and acting accordingly to the chase what I was making. I used close up shots of the character to show aggression and facial expressions , I even used a wide shot to show the whole background of where we were doing the scene , I also used a tracking shot to show the movement of the character. I used variety of different shots to create a suspense effect. I used these shots because they were the ones I really liked, and they would fit in my scene.
The editing techniques I used were simple but effective, I used a range of transitions to create a shock of suspense and action. The transitions I used were the theme, dissolve and fade. These came in favour for when switching to another shot. I used these techniques because they went good with the full scene , and I have never edited a scene before so it was hard for me to include other techniques but very soon the more I learn how to edit I will include a variety next time. I could have made a longer video rather than just a 50 second one, it would have been better with more range of shots. I could have spent more time on editing the shots more efficiently by adding more effects and transitions. I faced a few problems when filming the scene one them was , not having enough time to actually finish my full scene I was disappointed because I still had one last shot left which didn’t make it in the cut , I also could have done a better job on telling my class mates to act according to the scene with enough passion for you to actually hear what we were saying. But overall, it turned out very well and I am proud of what I achieved in the end of it.
Different shots – Meher
180 – Degree rule
180-degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. The 180-degree rule is broken, You can cover a reverse cut with a cutaway. If you catch it on set, you can choose to move the camera around the characters before the cut or have the characters themselves move during the preceding shot.
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Montage Shot
Montage is a technique in film editing in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information. For example, a character’s whole life story could be told by showing a long succession of images, starting from baby photos and ending with a photo of the character as an old man. This technique is also frequently set to music, creating a “musical photo montage.”
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Tracking Shot
A tracking shot is any shot where the camera follows backward, forward or moves alongside the subject being recorded. The shot isn’t overly shaky to the point where you can’t see the action on screen, rather, it bobs and moves with action, allowing the viewer to feel the weight and pain of the fight.
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Close – Up Shot
A close-up shot is a type of camera shot size in film and television that adds emotion to a scene. It tightly frames an actor’s face, making their reaction the focus in the frame. The director of photography films a close-up with a long lens at a close range. An extreme close-up shot frames a subject very closely, often so much so that the outer portions of the subject are cut off by the edges of the frame.
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Insert shot
insert is a shot of part of a scene as filmed from a different angle and/or focal length from the master shot. Inserts cover action already covered in the master shot but emphasize a different aspect of that action due to the different framing. An insert is a shot, often a close-up, that focuses on a specific detail. If necessary, these shots can be written into a screenplay, but most inserts will be called for by the director.
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Wide shot
A wide shot, also called a long shot or a full shot, is a shot that shows the subject within their surrounding environment. A wide shot tells the audience who is in the scene, where the scene is set, and when the scene takes place.
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Panning shot
a pan shot is a horizontal camera movement where the camera pivots left or right while its base remains in a fixed location. Panning is often used to follow action such as a character moving from one spot to another. Panning shots can also be used to establish locations, slowly revealing information about a place as we take it in.
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Long take shot
a long take is a shot lasting much longer than the conventional editing pace either of the film itself or of films in general. Long show the subject from a distance, emphasizing place and location, while Close shots reveal details of the subject and highlight emotions of a character.
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Pov Shot
A point of view shot, also known as POV shot, is an angle that shows what a character is looking at. Typically, POV shots are placed in between a shot of a character looking at something and a shot showing the character’s reaction.
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Tilt Shot
Tilting is a cinematographic technique in which the camera stays in a fixed position but rotates up/down in a vertical plane. Tilting the camera results in a motion like someone raising or lowering their head to look up or down. Tilt is a camera shot in which the camera angle is deliberately slanted to one side. This can be used for dramatic effect and helps portray unease, disorientation, frantic or desperate action, intoxication, madness.
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Dolly zoom shot
A dolly zoom is an in-camera effect where you dolly towards or away from a subject while zooming in the opposite direction. Also known as a zolly, this shot creates a sense of unease in the viewer. The dolly zoom effect creates an optical illusion and one that can only be created in camera. It works by using the optics to focus and zoom at the same time, but where the effect comes in is that the camera physically moves towards the subject at the same speed as the lens zooms out.
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LJ and Cutting
A J cut is a variant of a split edit film editing technique in which the audio from a following scene overlaps the picture from the preceding scene, so that the audio portion of the later scene starts playing before its picture as a lead-in to the visual cut. In an L-cut, the audio carries over from the previous scene into the following one, despite visual changes. An L cut is a variant of a split edit film editing technique in which the audio from preceding scene overlaps the picture from the following scene, so that the audio cuts after the picture, and continues playing over the beginning of the next scene.
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A film transition is a technique used in the post-production process of film editing and video editing by which scenes or shots are combined. a cut is an abrupt, but usually trivial film transition from one sequence to another. It is synonymous with the term edit, though edit can imply any number of transitions or effects. The cut, dissolve and wipe serve as the three primary transitions.
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Cutting on action
Cutting on action or matching on action is an editing technique in which the editor cuts from one shot to another view that fits in with the characters action or movement therefore helping to hide the cut. The cut will often go unnoticed by the audience as they will be focusing on the action in the scene. Cutting on action or matching on action refers to film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot’s action.
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Cross Cutting
In film editing, crosscutting describes the video editing technique of switching back and forth between scenes, often giving the impression that the action occurring in different locations is unfolding at the same moment. Crosscutting is an excellent way to explore the contrast between situations by making differences clear for the audience. It can also be used to give them additional information. It enables performers to move quickly between locations and scenes without interrupting the flow of the drama they’re creating.
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