Match Cut Introduction and Plan

In this lesson we were introduced to match cuts. As Mary, our teacher was not in, the lesson was taken over by the media technicians Mickey and Mareesa. We were given a task which included a scenario and we were to then write shots for example, camera angles, length of each shot and dialogues. The synopsis was 'Eastlondon, 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.' After planning 20 shots, we were put into our group. We then planned our own version and how we were to shoot the given scenario.

After planning our own shots Mickey had shown the class the video he had made from the given scenario. We were to compare our storyboard of the scenario with Mickeys video. There were only a few similarities such as over the shoulder shots and match cuts in a certain shot along with long shots.

Our next task was to plan with our group our own match cut clip. We had decided that there would be two characters, Susan and Elelta. The synopsis was 'A character opens a door, walks into a room, sits down opposite another character and they share a few lines of dialogue'.
We then planned with our group what our clip was to include and who would say what. We were finally ready to film for next lesson!