THE EXCHANGE

In a group of 4 we were asked to create an “exchange exercise” where we would use our previous knowledge of filming and editing and learn new techniques and stylistics in order to create a better final piece . This project further increased knowledge of group work and also got us familiarised with the group we would be in for our final project.

Our brief was to create a minute long scene with a minimum of two character who exchanged an item. The scene wasn’t allowed dialogue but needed non diegetic  music over the top -in order to set the mood for the action. We needed around 8-12 shots to create this scene and we did ours in around that amount. In this exercise we used a wide variety of shot including, close ups long shots cut away shots and also shots through objects such as a fence, which creates effects which are similar to those which are used in classic noirs. 

In our piece we kept to the 180 degree line rule, so our piece made sense and kept continuity. Even though we kept to this rule our group had a small problem with continuity where the held object switched hands, we realised this as we edited and that shot was cut from our final piece.

All In all I would say our “exchange exercise” was very effective, it fit the brief very well and I am very pleased with the final outcome. 

If I could re-film this piece I would film a larger number of shots so we had plenty of shots to create our piece out of, I would also keep track of shot continuity throughout filming, which would have prevented the lack in continuity which we experienced in one of our shots when we came round to editing.