Survey

I have decided as part of the research into the media and film to take a survery of 15 of my friends aged 16 and 17 to see what the main genre is they like to watch as a film, this could give me an insight into what i should be thinking of doing in the film, although, depending who i target the audience at, this may be different to what the survey suggests would be good to make.

As you are able to see the majourity of the 16 and 17 year olds i have surveyed thought that Action films are the most interesting and 'best', with War films comming in second.

Shots

180 Degree Rule

The 180 degree rule is used in film and television to make it feel as if they are in the real situation, the picture below explains the rule well:

As you can see, when two people are speaking to each other face on, there is an imaginary line down the center of the two people, it says that if they are in a conversation and the camera is going to be switching between the people, that the camera must only stay on one of the sides of the people, otherwise if the camera men used both sides it would make it seem as if the people in the shot keep switching sides, this is why whenever you see a film and the characters are speaking to each other, the camera men either stay to the right hand side of the people or the left, but never switch from side to side.

Shot Reverse Shot

Shot reverse shot is used when two characters are talking to each other face to face, the camera starts behind the shoulder of one of the people, and when he stops speaking and the other one starts, the camera switches to the person who has just stopped speaking.

Shot reverse shot shows each of the people who are speaking, but still gives you the feeling that both of the characters are there as it shows you both in the same shot.

Below is an example of a shot reverse shot image:

In the image to the left it shows shot reverse shot, the person who is facing towards the camera is talking whilst the person in the foreground which you can see is facing away from the camera is listening to him.

Match on Action

A good way to explain a match on action is with an example of it being used.

Shot one will show the person who is in shot about to do the action, such as kicking a football:

In the first shot you will see the character who is in the 'scene' doing something, such as kicking the football here.

The second shot would be the ball after it being kicked and it flying through the air:

In the second shot you will see the football after it has been kicked, like to the left.

And in the last shot you will see the football in the goal after it has been scored: