As part of the Prelim criteria we had to include a shot-reverse-shot. In Catch Them All we used this film convention in the classic place; during the dialogue in the corridor scene. This convention is used in order to show the audience who is speaking as well as each character's reactions to what is being said.
180-degree rule
This, again, was part of the criteria and so had to be used. It was automatically used during our shot-reverse-shot sequence in the corridor dialogue. However, only after we completed editing did we notice that the 180-degree rule was broken at one point (during the line AGENT 2: Really? Does that really happen?!). The camera accidentally crosses the line to over AGENT 1's right shoulder. This is something we could improve on in our next piece. This mistake was made due to confusion as to which side of AGENT 1 the camera should be in relation to this convention.
Match On Action
The final rule that was specified in the criteria was match on action, specifically as a character walks through a door. Our match on action sequence is as AGENT 1 and AGENT 2 walk into THE BOSS' office. The editing of this sequence is really fast which some audience members said was out of key with the speed of the film. We had originally planned to have a non-diagetic gun shot as the handle was pushed down, however we made the decision not to include this feature as we felt it might cause confusion as to what was happening.
Correct Framing
We tried to use the rule of thirds all the time in order to create a better picture, however some of the shots might not have been as precise as they should have been. This will be something to think about more during the filming of our next piece.
In post production, however, we noticed there was a slight problem with continuity. As the Agents walk around the corner in the corridor we cut to them walking up to THE BOSS' office. During post-production we noticed that the Agents walked around the corner going from left to right. However, after the cut they walk into the frame from right to left. This was a mistake that wasn't noticed easily and is a point to improve. To eliminate mistakes with framing and continuity like this in the future would be to plan each shot not only with the mise-en-scene, but also the position of the camera. Having made the mistake, we are now aware of this being a problem when previous to the creation of Catch Them All we had not been fully aware that this kind of framing would be a problem.
Camera Angles and Shots
We tried to use a range of camera angles in Catch Them All. Most of the variety came from the victim cutaways. During these shots we tried hard not to show the victims face which limited the shots we could use. Here we used:
- Point of View (to add a personal touch and put the audience in the victims place)
- Tracking (to open the film dramatically and establish that the victim in the flashback is running)
- Wide Effect shot (to show the objects the victim has to overcome; to show he is moving and not just running the same piece of ground)
- Low wide shot (add drama)
Most of these shots were of the victim's feet in order to give the character anonymity.
During the rest of our piece we used:
- Long shot (to establish the corridor)
- Tracking with Close Ups (to close up on the agents and their conversation)
- Close up
- Mid-shot
- Extreme close up
The last three were used in conventional ways to show emotion and draw attention to speakers.
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