Preliminary Task

Before half term we were given the task of our preliminary task. The task had to include someone opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with short dialogue between these two characters. It also had to demonstrate a match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

We storyboard our ideas for the task and scripted it, making it easier to shoot as we new exactly what we wanted. We then chose where to shoot the task and filmed our preliminary task ensure we included all the aspects.

After Half term we then edited our footage on 'imovie' to create a flowing sequence and attempt to match edits in order for the clip to flow and be easy to watch. We then evaluated our task in order to find aspects we needed to improve on along with areas that worked well in order for us to produce the highest quality opening we can and receive the best grade possible.

We realised that some of our framing needed work as we didn't always use the rule of thirds. We also found that we need to shot more footage as, although we tried to shoot each scene from different angles to make it easier to fit together, when it came to the editing of our clip we were unable to completely match some scenes causing it to be quite jumpy and not smooth flowing. We were happy with a lot of our footage as we used tripods causing it not to be shaky, however our handhold shots weren't completely smooth and we need to ensure that we change this in our opening. Another aspect which we were happy with were the use of different shots such as over the shoulder, medium, medium-close and two shots, although we do want to ensure we use an even wider range when it comes to our final filming. We were also especially pleased with the outcome of our establishing shot. When it came to the editing although all the shots didn't flow those that did worked really well and allowed us to see how much the quality is improved when shots fit together perfectly.

This task allowed us to see what needs to be done when it comes to the final filming and what we need to ensure we improve on within this. It also gave us a lot of positives of our ideas that worked really well and aspects which we were good at. The editing within this task also allowed us to see the length of time needed to produce a quality opening and gave us vital information in that we need to ensure we film more footage so our shots fit together perfectly.