Evaluation Question 1

What have you learned during the making of your preliminary task?

During the making of the preliminary task I have learnt new technical skills such as:

• Using the Nikon DSLR camera and attaching it onto the tripods where we set it up the type of shot we wanted e.g. long shot, close up. Which gave us a better insight and more practice at shooting different camera angles and shots.
• Using the editing software, Premier Pro and developing our skills such as:
• Editing the clips together and cutting the clips accurately at the right places so the footage looks seamless to give it continuity.
• During editing, we also added a title and used transitions to make it all fit together and look more professional.

I have also learnt other skills throughout the preliminary task:

Time management was also important throughout the preliminary task, because we had a deadline for the video to be in so we needed to keep to a specific time schedule otherwise it wouldn't have been completed. Despite losing our footage during filming, we kept to the deadline by using our free time to ensure we got it completed.

We worked well together as a group as we all knew what our own tasks were and each completed them on time and we all contributed well together as a group. Whilst we were filming we all contributed our thoughts on what type of shot and angle it should be so we were all in agreement and happy with the footage. Jordan took to the main acting role of the video, whilst me and Fran were behind the camera focusing on camera angles and ensuring the 180 degree rule wasn't broken. I also took a small acting role in the shot/reverse shot.

I learnt that the storyboard is an important aspect of filming, we based our key ideas off of the storyboard, however we also added extra footage where we thought it was necessary because  we found it easier to visually see the areas we were filming in and what extra shots we would need rather than in drawings.

Our continuity was quite good throughout the short video, until we got to the shot/reverse shot where we made a small mistake, however it wasn't too visible. We filmed Jordan and myself talking before we should be talking, so whilst shot was on Jordan sitting down the shot after was me talking and then back to Jordan, who had still not sat down but she would have done. So this was an error.