My Interpretation of the Brief

We were given a brief which says exactly this:

'Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule'

I made sure to include all that is outlined in the brief:

What happens?

The story told in my scene:

• A character wanders into a room and she see's someone she knows
• She goes over to him and sits down
• They partake in some chitchat about what they are doing
• She accuses him of stealing her pen asking "Is that... my pen?", he denies this by saying "No..."
• She takes it anyway exclaiming "it is now!"
• She proceeds to run of in a menacing fashion.

How is it told?
My character is walking down a corridor and enters a room. This is where I use match on action. Three consecutive shots show her opening a door, walking through it and the door closing.

The door opening and being entered.

The door being walked through.

The door closing behind the person who has just walked through.

Next the character looks around and sees someone the know, here is where the eyeline match is featured.

The character looking around.

What she sees (following her eyeline).

When the character spots someone they know a decide to walk over, here is where I demonstrate the 180-degree rule. I show my character walking right to left, in the next shot the camera is shown moving round the character to their other side where it remains for the rest of the scene.

Character walking right to left.

The camera moves round the character, the shot shown is its ending position.

Finally she sits down (on a chair, as outlined in the brief) and exchanges some dialogue with another person before the final action (or crime, if you will) takes place.