Preliminary Task Evaluation

1.I feel that our piece of film works well as it swaps from different cameras at the right point when needed; wide shot to get both characters in the scene (a two shot), close up of who is talking and extreme close up of the object being slid across the table. Also, using the cameras at the right height for eye line match. In the future, doing what we did will be appropriate for this type of scene, but maybe add a couple more different shots like high angle or dutch.

2.The 180 degree rule is in place on our film as the camera shots never go behind the characters back; they always get part/whole of the face in it. Shot reverse shot is also used as the camera flicks back and forth from both characters. Eye line match is the key one used in making the film as the cameras are level with each other to show that two people are talking normally to each other.

3.Overall I feel our group worked well together especially when filming the film as we synchronised well together by deciding how we were going t film the scene. But during the editing of it, I felt that one person seemed to take control over everyone else as I in particular did not get to give much in put along with all the others. In the future, I feel that to make the group work really well we need to allow everybody’s input by allowing them to edit their own little bit of the film.

4.If filmed again I would improve the fact on how much zoomed the camera is on the close up of the faces as one camera is zoomed in more than the other.

5.We didn’t really plan our film; we just planned where the cameras were going to be placed and where the characters were going to sit/move around. During the editing I think that we could have decided who was editing what part of the scene instead of one person doing it all. In the future, we will create a detailed storyboard with what the cameras are doing/where they are going to be placed, what the characters are doing/where they can move around and the props that are going to be needed tin the scene.

6.To change to the next shot, we used transitions to help it run smoothly and efficiently.

7.I did not learn much from editing the video as I did not get a chance to do any of it, but I decided to create my own little piece so I could learn how to use the programme for next time so when we have to edit another piece of film I can do it easily.

8.Technology is not very reliable as we had to film multiple times as the memory card we used either did not work at all or deleted the footage we had. Then when using the editing software it either froze many times or decided not to load.