Preliminary Match Cut

Preliminary match cut forms the basis for continuity editing, it also allows us to understand how important it is to have different camera angles, camera shots, alongside camera movements that are combined together to produce a good clip. Match cut enables your shots to look really interesting and creative, most importantly it enhances a meaning with the continuity editing.

After we were done with out tutorial on camera introduction, we started on our Preliminary Match Cut excercise. We started off by planning our storyboard which had to relate to a title sequence that we were given by our teacher. The title sequence we had to illustrate was, 'A character opens a door, walks into a room, sits down opposite another character, then they share a few lines of dialogue'. This exercise allowed us to experiment with the camera and it also helped us identify the use of Preliminary Match Cut. To complete our task we had to have examples of, match cuts, shot reverse shot, and lastly we had to show our understanding of the 180 degree rule. Overall i really enjoyed the whole exercise and also found Preliminary Match Cut very useful.

Our storyline illustrated a suspect waiting to be questioned by a police officer.