Lesson 5th january

Rebbecca lesson on Monday was based on learning about match cutting.
At the start of the lesson we were given the definition of match cutting which is to basically put together a shot filmed from different angles but of the same subject. We were then given a short list exercise were we were given a synopsis: East London. 3pm. a man chain smokes as he sits at his home PC. He copies confidential computer files and plans to a CD. He packages them and is seen posting them.

Our task was to fill in a grid creating a short list for the synopsis using no more than 20 shots. I found this task fairly straightforward though it was a bit hard to fill in all 20 shots. After this we watched a version of the sequence pre-recorded and were asked to identify the match cuts in it, i found this quite simple.

Towards the end of the lesson we were made to get into our groups and were given a storyboard sheet as well as another shot list grid. We were also given a new brief: Character A opens the door. Enters a room. Sits in a chair opposire character B. Character A and B exchange a couple of lines of dialogue. We told we would have to fill in our storyboard for homework and be prepared to film this sequence in thursday lesson. I will be sure to include match cutting, intresting angles and shot aswell as an effective title sequence.