Preliminary task

https://youtu.be/tArK7BO54ok- YouTube link to preliminary task

the 3 main rules of the preliminary task was shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule and match on action editing. 
Shot reverse shot is a film technique where a character is shown talking to another character (who is often off screen), and the the character that they are talking to is shown looking back at them and replying. This technique is used in basically all tv and movies where there is dialogue between 2 people. 
while using shot reverse shot, it is vital that the camera sticks to the 180 degree rule, this means when 2 characters are involved in dialogue, there is an imaginary line that goes through them, and once the camera has started recording one side of that line, it mustn't switch to the other side of it, this would show a lack of continuity and would be immediately noticeable as we have been watching the 180 degree rule on TV for our whole lives. A good video for fully understanding the 180 degree rule is called. breaking down the 190 degree rule, by YouTube channel videomaker. There are certain exceptions in films where the 180 degree is broken, like in the bathroom scene of The Shining where Jack Torrance is losing his mind, and the breaking of the rule  makes the audience feel uneasy, and uncomfortable, relating to Jack's situation
In my preliminary task I used the 180 degree rule when talking to my teacher at the end, this was the only point in my preliminary task where I used dialogue. 

match on action editing is a continuity editing technique, this is when the camera cuts from one shot to another view that matches the actions of the first shot. A common example of this is where the camera shows a person reaching for the door knob, and the following shot is them opening the door. I have used this constantly in my preliminary to make it look continuous, like scrolling on my laptop to click on something, and then it cuts to the computer screen clicking on am icon. Another example is where I turn my head to look at a clock on the wall, and the next shot is the clock, this is called eye line match, which is an example of match on action editing.