Use of Shot/reverse Shot

For this excersise one of the techniques we had to demonstrate was shot/reverse shot which we used at the end of the conversation between the two charcters. In the original plan of the storyboard after the tracking shot of the runner character sitting it would cut straight into the shot/reverse shot. However because of the length of the other characters dialouge that had be scriped we decided to use a tracking shot instead which also enabled us to move the camera over the 180 degree line with one continuous shot to the other characters left side for the over the shoulder shots used. As a result of this we could make the last shot an OTS shot which kept all the characters within that scene in the audiences focus and the composition of the characters with the other character taking up most of the frame can put emphasis on the characters power above the rest.

Alea Holland