Preliminary Task.

Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. The task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot, and the 180 degree rule.

At the beginning of the scene we get a close-up of the character's hands which are hand-cuffed. This gives the viewers a clear idea of whats going on. The camera then follows the character looking at the clock, which we get another close-up of, and it slowly zooms out, to give the impression that the person is anxious.

In the next shot there's a medium-long shot of the character so we could see their body language clearly. In this scene he/she slowly starts sweating, and as it drips there's non-diegetic sound of their heartbeat pumping with every drop, which creates the tense atmosphere; we then get another medium long-shot of the character looking at the door.

Then there's a close-up of someone reaching for the door knob, as the person walks in the camera gets a shot of the feet moving up slowly, doing this not only creates tension but shows that the person has authority. As the camera moves up it stops at the badge, which the camera then zoooms up on, and its then we realise that the character is a police officer.

As the camera moves to the character sitting down, as the camera is zooming into the characters face to get a close-up of his eyes, we then hear the officer ask 'Did you do it?' as they're walking towards the character. 'No' the other character replies, as the officer sits down we get a shot/reverse shot of the two characters giving eye contact between each other, and as they do so the camera slowly zooms in.

In the last scene there's a medium long shot of the interview between the two 'Are you lying ? if you are i will find out,' the officer says to the character, 'No im not,' the other replies with, the medium long-shot being used helps us to see their body language. The 180-degree rule is also used in this scene the camera remains on a particular side and doesn't cross over any time during the scene.