Planning: Preliminary Task: Mr Smith

Preliminary Task.

The purpose of a preliminary task is to give us a first hand experience of film and editing before we start to officially film our thriller openings. The task is used to show us how and where we can improve whilst creating our end product. It allowed us to see what production roles we prefer and come to terms with the difficulty of them all. The preliminary task also taught us how to share out roles.


Video of Preliminary task.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij1bAv4X3h4
The Scenario.
The scenario of our video was two girls talking about a party coming up. One of the girls invites her friend to come with her but she doesn't seem so keen to go.

 

 

The scenario we used allowed us to use the shot reverse shot, this shows the two people having a conversation clearly.

 One of the girls says something offence and this leads my group to using a reaction shot to convey the emotion on her face.

 We used a longshot to show when both characters walked towards and away from each other. A crane shot was also used in this moment of time.

 

 

 When it came to editing we used a fade from one scene to another to show continuity. At the end of the scenario we used a fade to black to show the scene has come to an end.

 

 

Group Roles.
In our group all roles where distributed fairly:


Director: Katie
Katie was director because she has very good leadership skills. As a group we decided this was the best decision because she would be able to guide everyone to also be creative and assertive whilst the making and filming of the end product.

Actors: Emine & Carlie.
As a group we decided that me and Carlie should take the role of the main characters because we are the most confident and comfortable in front of the camera.

Camera Operator: Katie
Katie was appointed to be the camera operator because she felt most confident with this role.

Editor: Emine & Carlie & Katie
As a group we all played a part in editing. We all delivered our creative ideas and opinions until we came to a final decision.
 
Difficulties we encountered whilst filming:
Whilst filming we encountered problems such as finding a quiet area with no background noise. Another problem was that since we where filming in school it was very difficult to film a scene whilst people kept wanting to walk past. Another problem was keeping the continuity throughout every scene. For example in one of the scenes there is no chair but as the scene continues you see a chair appear.

Difficulties we encountered whilst editing:
Whilst editing we encountered the difficulty of not having full knowledge on how to work with the software. We had to experiment with different ideas before making permanent changes to the footage.

What have I learnt?
I have learnt that the filming and editing process isn't as easy as it seems and that a lot needs to be taken into consideration before and after filming footage. I have also learnt that being more vocal with ideas and opinions is a good thing and that they could make a good contribution to the end product that is created.