Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Preliminary Task Brief:
Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on match action, shot/reverse/shot and the 180-degree rule.
Main Task Brief:
The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes. All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source
Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on match action, shot/reverse/shot and the 180-degree rule.
Main Task Brief:
The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes. All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source
Lookig back at the preliminary task I feel that I have learnt that research is key. Our preliminary task was done with very little planning and our location wasn’t properly thought through, we had to move tables to place the camera in the correct place. Whereas our real piece was well thought out and by checking locations in advance we could avoid mistakes like that. I have also learnt about lighting, it helps bring out the full image and by using studio lighting you avoid the continuity errors that occur in natural lighting. I also feel I have learnt that all problems can be overcome. When presented with the issue of how to make a pencil float we tried and tried until we finally had a shot that we were happy with. Finally I have learnt that a master shot is fundamental to an effective edit and helps with continuity and structuring the scene. I also learnt that you cant plan for everything. We had two very good actors who had to cancel on us due to prior commitments.
I feel that although our planning was well done, perhaps some more work on a storyboard would have been effective. If we had spent more time focusing on the way in which the shots should have been framed then we wouldnt of had to scale them up to make them fit the screen come editing. Our prelim task also didnt contain any special effects or music, and i believe more research and practice with these aspects could have helpped us with our final piece.
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