Things to remember!

In our lessons we have been discussing in our groups what we need to remember when doing our preliminary task. We also looked at some examples on you tube of other peoples preliminary tasks to help us see how other people made mistakes and too make sure them mistakes don't happen when we do ours. Me and my group came up with a list on 'things to remember', these are the things we came up with:

• Follow the requirements of the preliminary task well (make sure the actors open a door, cross a room, sit down and exchange a few lines with another character).
• Use the 180 degree rule and do it correctly.
• Make sure the sound, make sure the audience will be able to hear what we are saying clearly and make sure it isn't too loud.
• Have good lighting, use either high key lighting or low key lighting (depending on what suits the genre best).
• Put the shots together so they flow well and go with the genre too (e.g. quick transitions for a drama or a horror).
• Use match on action.
• Make sure the camera is stable and doesn't isn't wobbly.
• Don't use too many camera angles as it may become confusing to the audience and could break the 180 degree rule.
• Make sure the mise en scene is correct and that it fits to the storyline.
• Have continuity during the whole of the preliminary task.