Preliminary Task Evaluation

For our Preliminary Task we chose to film in the school library because it meant we would be able to film what we wanted without being interrupted and also meant the actors would be able to be heard as it is a quite area. We were told to film an actor entering a room, sit down and exchange a few lines of dialect with someone else, so this area allowed us to do just that.

We began by using a medium shot which zooms out in order to show a clearer view of the current location - whilst panning in the direction he is walking, This shows the audience he is walking towards a particular location - into a long shot which shows an actor walking towards the door he is about to enter. The shot then reverts back to a medium shot as the actor opens the door. At this point we could have used a 'Match on action' shot. We would have needed to use either a close up or extreme close up to show the hand on the door. This is one thing that we decided we would add in if given the opportunity to remake it because match on action is a good way of creating a visual bridge, which distracts the viewer from noticing any slight continuity error between the two shots.

Another shot we used was an over the shoulder, we used this during the brief conversation between the two characters to give the viewers the impression that they were there during the clip. This shot also helps the viewer see that a conversation is taking place.

The speeds of the cuts are relatively fast, this is normally used to speed up the pace of a scene however, it wasn't necessary in this example.

Overall i don't think this task went very well as it involved basic editing, camera shots and angles and there was not much dialogue. Hopefully in our opening two minutes of our real film, we will show a higher range of skills.