Catch up - Match Cutting

On the 5th January, Rebecca’s afternoon lesson was based on match cutting. The whole class took part in a match cutting tutorial. We had Mickey one of the technicians explain to us what it was and how we can go about making them for ourselves. We were given a synopsis which was;
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.

We had to then using this synopsis come up with about 20 shots using match cuts were appropriate filling in a grid. Once we were given ago, we then look at Mickey’s version with all the available match cuts. This allowed us to compare ours and see if we got the same as well as see the ones we may have missed out. I found it hard in the beginning to completely understanding and to get to grip why a match cut is made and how it is useful. Realising the bonuses it gives to any filmed project.

Once everyone got the gist of things, we were put into small groups with a storyboard grid and a different synopsis. This was; Character A opens the door, enters a room, and sits in a chair opposite Character B. Character A and B exchange a couple of words of Dialogue. After being told that our storyboards had to be filmed in our lesson on Thursday our group got strait into discussion and filling them out.

Unfortunately I and Gerald were unable to attend Thursday’s lesson due to me having exams the next day. So because I wasn’t part of the filming I had to make an effort with editing, as I have to also blog the clip and be able to show that I was part of the process.