When reflecting upon the past months and when we created our first video which was our preliminary exercise; at the time I had little knowledge on shot types,editing terms and techniques. But now I have completed my final product I have expertise in media terminology and how to successively film using the appropriate techniques. When looking at my Preliminary exercise, I met the requirements of using the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot/reverse shot, but did not exceed the requirements. For example we used match on action, when the subject ( Me) is seen walking towards the door and opening in then the shot cuts to the subject walking through the door, we edited these shots so they look seamless. At the time I was not clear how to edit this so the cuts in the shot were not noticeable and the subjects stayed in the same place, in order to not disirorentate the audience, in which we could of slightly. But using this as experience in my final project I was aware this technique of continuity editing must portray a continuous sense of the same action instead of two matching actions. As you can see in the video below when the subject ( in red)walks through they are standing straight, when they should be at an angle as it looks like they have moved over to the left a little, in addition to this when looking at eye line match, the subject is looking over the person. Thus the camera is in the wrong place as it should be at a high angle as the subject in red is looking down at the subject in blue. A successful eye-line match maintains the eye-line when cutting from a character to what the character sees, It puts the audience in the position of the characters. In the final project we thought it was not appropriate to use eye-line match as we didn't want the audience to know the threat, so we choose to show what the characters were looking at, almost to create the fear of the unknown. It also enhanced that the characters were isolated.
Moreover when looking at whats in the frame and the rule of thirds, we didn't use the guideline well. The rule of thirds creates nine imaginary sections, that creates reference points which act as guides when framing a image; in our primarily exercise, unfortunately we left a video bag in our frame, now I know not to leave any unwanted material in shot of the camera, this silly mistake made the product look unfinished and amateur. However in my final product I have not made such mistakes for example when structuring shots in my film I have made sure every item in the shot is suppose to be there. For example:
As you can see above the shot is clearly structured, there is no unwanted materials in shot and the rule of thirds have been used appropriately as the bracelet is 1/3 across the frame, rather than in the center. Where it would look odd; Here we have used the medium closeup this is half way between a mid shot and a close up. this shot allows the audience to see the significance of the bracelet without getting uncomfortably close. In our final project and preliminary exercise we did not break the 180 degree rule. The videos below demonstrate this:
It is integral 180 degree rule is not broken when shooting action, as the audience can become confused if the people in the shot move around. As a result of this continuity can become broken, the line can only be broken if its shown by camera movement. In our preliminary exercise we did not use intricate editing techniques like in our final product. For demonstration in our final project we used cross cutting. This is when we cut between two separate scenes happening in two separate locations at the same time.
We used cross cutting to illustrate a link between the dice and the unknown female. The length of the time between cuts also sets a rhythm for the rest of the scene. Which is slow paced editing which metaphorically shows how long it takes for the threat to decide the fate of the characters. Moreover the use of slow pace editing in this part allows us to drawn an emotional response from the audience, which we want them to evoke pathos for the girls that have been kidnapped.
There is difference in quality of shots between the preliminary experience and final product.
1. Use of close ups 
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The first image is from the preliminary exercise, a close up is suppose to take up most of the frame, image one does not do that. But the second image from my takes up most of the frame and draws the reader to the characters facial expressions.
2. Use of lighting:
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(image 1)The light in from the window in some shots creates a harsh light or dark shadows this makes the shot not as clear as it could be, to solve this problem I would consider changing the location or put the camera in front of the light source instead of facing it. Image 2: I have used low key lighting successively to make the setting look unsafe.
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