Filming Our Match Cut

This lesson started off straight away with filming, as we planned the shots in the previous lesson. Susan and Elelta were acting as the two characters while me and Lipi were directing and filming.

We decided to film in the canteen as we had planned that the setting where both characters meet would've been the canteen. Due to not having a door, which was our first shot of Susan entering, high angle shot from the corner as Susan entered This was not possible without a door, we then went back upstairs and shot the scene in the end of the corridor. The props used was a table, two chairs, a door and a contract paper and pen. This setting was perfect as we were able to get an establishing shot of London through the wide window.

We were told to use 180° shot, match cut shot and reverse shot. Our first shot was a high angle shot of Susan's feet then an over the shoulder shot from Elelta's shoulder while Susan takes her seat opposite Elelta. Here we use our first match cut shot. We then got a close up of Susan's face which then went into a mid shot of both Susan and Elelta. This shot also is an establishing shot as we see an outline of London. The reason we chose to get a couple of shots of Susan was because she is the main character with much more power. The next shot was a close up of Susan which went into an extreme close up of Susan's eyes. We then got a close up shot of Elelta following into an extreme shot of Elelta's eyes. Here we make use of 180° shot as the camera follows from Susan to Elelta.

To keep the scene flowing we then had a mid shot of both characters. Here Elelta passes contract papers to Susan to sign. As Elelta passes the papers, we took a mid shot from an angle of Susan's side. Elelta says her dialogue here 'Here's your contract sign it'. This dialogue was written this way as both the characters have met for pure business, nothing else. The scene followed with a mid shot of Susan taking the papers, then a close up of Susan signing the papers. The scene continues with an over the shoulder shot from a high angle from Susan's side. In this shot as Susan returns the papers to Elelta with force Susan shares her dialogue 'You'll get your money when the job's done'. This dialogue was written for Susan to say with force as she is the character with power. The Scene follows with a mid shot, over the shoulder from Elelta of Susan standing up ready to leave. We then include a match cut shot of Susan from Elelta's side, as Susan pushes in her chair we take a shot of her continuing to push her chair in and leaves from the set, off the camera.