Finished product!

This our finished preliminary task!
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Evaluation

Throughout this task we as a team had some issues with timing due to technical difficulties. I know understand how tempermental the computers can be and also how important timing is, and leaving room for error. In the finished product there are thing that i can say i think went well, and some i could improve, and i know to now improve next time;

What went well;

1) i liked working with the team i was in as we all contributed a particular set of skills to the process of creating the piece. We all got on well and because we al had different ideas and opinions, i believe this improvd our end result as we all had to be happy with what we had created. I also now know how crucial teamwork is in the creation of a piece.

2) I enjoyed the editing process and i believe that what we did end up with was slick and creative. I also liked adding in the non diagetic sound, and slow motion scenes, which allowed us some artistic freedom.

3) Finally, I think although we did have to film a couple of retakes for the scenes, that the actors we chose were professional and right for the acting roles . They didnt waste any time or laugh during their dialogue, which was a great help during the editing process and stopped us from having to filter through useless scenes.

What i would improve;

1) In the first scene we didnt film the character physically sitting down on the seat, only him standing then a next scene of him seated. I would redo that shot to film him sit down.

2) I would also try to plan our ideas slightly quicker so we had more time to film and edit the finished product.

Storyboard

In the planning lessons of the prelim task, we made storyboards mapping out the scenes and actions of our characters in the piece. In each section we included a brief drawing of the scene as we would have liked it to have gone, and also included annotations of the different camera shots we planned to use, the direction, and also drew it as we would have wanted it to be seen on scree. For example, in the match on action shot we wanted her back to the camera, so we drew the scene with her back to the camera.

Script

Script-

(BOY ONE WALKS UP THE STAIRS TO BOY 2, SITS DOWN OPPOSITE BOY 2)

Boy 1- So how's Ellie?

Boy 2- Mate, why are you always talking about her?

(SHOT OF GIRLS FEET WALKING)

Boy 1- Alright calm down, i was only asking. She deserves better..

Boy 2- Like who?

(CLOSE UP OF GIRLS FEET WALKING TOWARD THE DOOR)

Boy 1- Like me.

(GIRL OPENS DOOR AND CLOSE UP OF HER SHOCKED FACE)

Planning The Task

In our group were four people, each having differing ideas on how to approach the task at hand. So to sort this out, we each listened to the others whilst they sort of 'pitched' their ideas to the rest of the group, and we made note of the ideas we liked and incorporated them into the plan. We had decided that Martha, and Issy would take on more of a 'camera man' role, whereas myself and Sophie would 'direct', this worked well as Martha had a good knowledge of cameras, and how to film.
We also had to discuss who our actors were going to be, the setting, the costumes the actors were going to wear ect.

The 180 Degree Rule

The 180 degree rule is the principle that all movements made by the camera have to be within 180 degrees of the couple partaking in conversation; so all on one side or the other. This video summarises the rule;

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdyyuqmCW14

Match On Action

Match on action is a film editing technique used to create a fluency between shots, usually focusing on a specific object eg a book or door. This example is a great help to understand the concept of match on action:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv93covb53w

Shot Reverse Shot

The shot reverse shot is basically a tool used in editing to maintain a sense of direction, so whilst the camera is focusing on a single person during a conversation, the audience dogs not get confused as to where the characters are in relation to each other. This clip helped me a lot to understand the technique:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLkUHZ1qips

Preliminary Task Brief

Our preliminary task was introduced to us at the beginning of the course. For this we were told to create a piece of film, which included some main features:
- an example of 'match on action'
- an example of 'shot-reverse-shot'
- a shot of someone walking across a room and sitting down and exchanging dialogue with another person sitting opposite them
- demonstrate the '180 degree rule'
These features were VITAL to include otherwise we would have to re-film the scene.