Preliminary Task Evaluation - David Brady

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In my group for the preliminary task was, Joe, Jason and myself. I think that our preliminary task went very well, I thought we worked well as a team to get the task completed.  We discussed a numerous different type of camera angles and movements before we started filming, using the pre-production to plan out our scene, as well as using a storyboard to plan out or preliminary task. We used this to plan the type of shot we wanted and how we wanted it to look.  

A example of storyboarding

Camera Shots

I think the camera angles and movement were our best part of our production. We used a vide range including “medium close up”, “over the shoulder shot”, “wide shot”, “close up” and the compulsory shot reverse shot. 

An example of a "long-mid shot"

A example of a "close up" 

180 Degree Rule

We also used 180-degree rule effectively, using it to keep contiguity. We also made sure that throughout filming we kept the contiguity of the scene.  Especially when filming the conversation between myself and Joe, as if we broke the 180-degree rule we would confuse the audience as the actors would be switching sides. We did this by making sure that throughout nothing changed between the shots. Keeping the continuity of the shot. 

"The 180 degree rule"

Match-On-Action

We used "match on action" to make sure the continuity flows. we did this when Joe walks through the door. As when he opens the door we swap to the other side to see him walk in. However we had to make sure that when he walks through it doesn't seem to jump backwards and that it flows as he walks in. 

Shot-Reverse-Shot

We also used the "Shot - Reverse - Shot" to create a feeling of a more realistic conversation, but we also had to make sure we didn't break the 180 degree rule. As otherwise the continuity would be ruined.

Here is an example of "Shot-Reverse-Shot" 

Improvements

However we could have improved our planning by going into more depth. We also could have checked the lighting for each shot, as some of the shots were dark and could have used extra lighting.  One problem that we experienced while filming was background noise. As we were using a room open to other students we couldn’t control how loud they were throughout the filming, this has lead to edit the noise levels while editing.  We could also have white-balanced before every shot, instead of having to re-shoot some shots that we used.

This is an example of a shot that we could have added extra light. 

Composed by Joe, David and Jason.