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The preliminary task is not awarded marks. However, if it is not completed the examiner will not accept my main task (Thriller opening).The preliminary task is a demonstration of continuity editing.
It must show you can successfully use:

• Match on action.
• Shot/reverse shot.
• 180 degree rule.
• Eyeline match.

Match on action is when we see a character start an action in one shot and then see them continue it in the next.
The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters (or other elements) in the sames scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other.
Shot reverse shot is where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.
Eyeline match is when a character is looking at something off-screen, there will then be a cut to the object or person at which he is looking. For example, a man is looking off-screen to his left, and then the film cuts to a television that he is watching.
In the sequence we should see the following unfold:

• Character A walks towards a closed door.
• Character A enters through the door and crosses a room to where character B is seated.
• Characters A and B exchange a few lines of dialogue.
• Either Character A or B exits the room.