Preliminary Task Evaluation - Jason Burksfield

I think that we were very successful in our preliminary task. Our team worked well together and all of us contributed to the task. In the planning section, we wrote a brief script, which we stuck to. we also drew up a storyboard, but when we went to ilm, we felt that different angles would look better, so we changed some things from the storyboard.

Positives.
I think what we done best was our camera angles. i believe that we used a wide range of shots and they looked very professional. we used establishing shots, and lots of different close ups, and long shots of the hall. I feel we done well sticking to the rule of thirds and the 180-degree rule. We also used shot reverse shot for the conversation between the two characters. 

Long shot

Medium Shot

Close up

Another thing i think we did well was the white balance. We used four main places to film, al with different light levels, so we had to keep changing the white balance to make the colours look normal, rather than some places be yellow and some very pale white.

Improvements we made.
One problem we experienced was the background noise. as it was filmed in a room open to other students, we could not control the sound of conversations which changed for every shot. This would have affected the continuity, but in the editing process we have managed to control that. 

One thing we realised in editing was that the scene near the door is very dark due to there being no windows nearby. We should have found a way of lighting up that part so that it was all equally bright throughout the scene


Storyboarding

Before we started filming, we made a storyboard based on our initial ideas. Storyboarding is easily understandable, and helps us explain our ideas clearer to the rest of the group, rather than trying to describe it. when our ideas are illustrated on paper as it gives us a clear depiction on what we intend to do. It also lets us explore ways in which we can approach particular scenes in terms of the types of shots we're going to use. we did however change some of our storyboard when filming, but in general, we stuck to it well.

An example of a storyboard

diagram explaining the 180 degree rule

180 Degree rule/ Shot reverse shot
We used the 180 degree rule in the conversation between Joe and David. this is to not confuse the audience because if we did not use the 180 degree rule it might look like the characters have changed positions. with using the shot reverse shot technique and sticking to the 180 degree rule, it is clear the characters have not moved.

Continuity/ Match on Action
Continuity was important so that it looked like one continuous motion, rather than it being stop start. also, it must not look like it was filmed at different times, so all of the lighting, background and elements of mise-en-scene must look the same in all shots.