Preliminary task

͒Preliminary task

What we did:

We worked in groups of three and followed a storyboard which included descriptions of shot types and actions we were required to follow. We altered this by adding speech in order to make a scene. In order to make a higher quality product we filmed each shot at least twice as to ensure that we had a back-up in case one of the shots didn't work as planned/become corrupt for example and also to see what worked best such as when we filmed the door being opened; we were unsure as to what we should have done before that, so we that tried about three different ideas before deciding on the final shot. This is also true for the idea behind our short clip - someone forgets to tell someone of an event and returns to the classroom to tell him. In the production of the clip I was the one being told about the event and also helped towards the start of the filming when the other two group members were acting.

What I've learnt:

I have learnt that the setting is quite important this is because in the other areas we tried to film in before our final choice there was a lot of echoing of sound in the background which made it difficult to make the speech clear. I have also learnt the importance of taking multiple shots (as I mentioned) as in one of our shots, the main actor started smiling towards the end, so we decided to use the other clip as he wasn't laughing and it looked of higher quality. Furthermore, I have learnt the importance of editing, as without it the shots looked very untidy and some of the clips looked unprofessional so we cut some of them to remove the undesirable parts - this would have been a suitable alternative to the previously mentioned scene of the main actor smiling but as we had a higher quality shot we decided to use that instead.

Shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule, match on action: 

We used shot reverse shot during the conversation between the two students which made it look as if the camera was from the perspective of the person speaking in order to add immersion when viewing the clip. While we were doing this, we had to take the 180 degree rule into account. This meant that when we were filming the shot reverse shot we could not go beyond the 180 degree mark, this lead to us filming both shots on the right shoulder of both actors as to incorporate this rule. We used match on action when the main actor was entering the classroom this made the two shots of him pushing the handle and entering the door feel more fluent.