Evaluation of Prelim:

Evaluation of Prelim:

The planning stages:

During the planning stage of our prelim task we all assigned each other roles to work effectively when it came to actual filming. Moreover we co-operated well together, listening to others ideas as well as contributing our own allowing us to find out about others in our groups ideas as well as compare them to our own.

How did the shot list and storyboard help you?

We each contributed our own ideas to the shot list. We all had different and creative ideas in where we wanted to shoot our prelim as well as what we wanted to do for each shot or scene. The storyboard and shot list helped us as it allowed us to plan our ideas first before we did any actual filming and thus allowed us to know what we wanted to do when we actually filmed.

Did much change between planning filming and editing?

When it came to filming our prelim we pretty much stuck to the ideas that we had planned in our storyboard and shot list. We also came up with a script to know what dialogue we would be saying in certain shots. One thing that we did change from our planning was our roles. Eventually myself and Billy became the actors for our prelim. When it came to editing our ideas changed as we didn't have an initial plan for what we wanted our piece to look like when it was all put together. When editing we wanted to add certain effects so decided to make our prelim look more serious by making it in black and white. This gave the video a sense of seriousness and made the characters look more professional.

What challenges did you face and overcome?

The only challenge that we had to face was the fact that we had a dodgy tripod. It was hard to film accurately and the way we wanted because of it so our cameraman had to have a steady hand. We also because of this filmed some shots without the tripod such as a mid shot of the secondary character in the chair. We also had trouble with digetic sound catching in our film from sound outside such as cars driving by. To overcome this we waited until it had settled down and made our environment more suitable by closing windows.

What was particularly difficult?

We found that filming in a room with another group was difficult because we had to wait for the other group to film and had to be silent when they were filming. Moreover when we were planning it was hard to stay on task but we got our ideas together and brought ourselves back on track. Whilst waiting for the other group to film in the room, we filmed any shots we could that were not in the room like the high angle and low angle shot on the stairs.

What has it made you think about for your main task?

Planning, filming and editing the prelim had made us think about various things for our main task. We need to think about the location that we are going to set our main task in as well as the actors that we are going to use. Moreover we need to think about the lighting to add effect as well as plan what editing techniques we are going to include when it comes to editing the video. Above all we need to think about time management. Things like how long we are going to want to plan and how long we are going to be filming for as well as the length of time that we are going need to spend on editing. These are the things that we need to focus on when it comes to the main task.

Have your skills developed in anyway?

One skill I have developed working on this prelim is my editing as well as applying editing techniques. I have learnt new skills such as applying and orientating text, as well as cutting shots together at different lengths. These skills that I have learnt through editing will help when filming and editing our main task.

Is there anything you will not do now in your main task?

We will make sure when it comes to continuity editing that our scenes are cut together tight in order to make our sequence look professional and not look sloppy. We will also make sure that the sound effects that we use fit the sequence, not sounds which don'f fit what we are trying to evoke or convey.

What ideas has it inspired for your main task?

We have been inspired for our main task to use montage editing in our final piece to confuse our audience as well as take them on a journey but make them unsure of what they are seeing adding elements of suspense and tension to convey our sequence as a thriller.