My Preliminary Evaluaton

Our first filming project was our preliminary Task. The Primary Task is a simply way of testing out with filming and editing for the first time. For this we had to film a sequence of two actors exchanging a piece of dialogue. However, we had to incorporate three filming conventions we has learnt in the previous couple of weeks. There were three techniques we included which were; match on action, 180 degrees and shot reverse shot. Before we started I drew out a story board. I learnt that story boards are very useful when you come to film as it is easy to film the scene wrong without referring to it. Obviously mine was only a 30 second long so it wasn't  crucial but when I come to do my final film opening I want to make sure I have everything planed out on my story board.

For filming I used two actors, one camera, a tripod and a mac computer for imovie editing. I wrote out a short dialogue based on an interview for my actors and used a tripod so I could get steady shots and smooth pans across the room. It was my fist time using iMovie and I really enjoyed it and was surprised that it was more simple to use than I thought. I have learnt for next time, to take more shots than you need in filming because they can always be edited out or used in between shots.

I think that all my filming conventions were successful, however, in my first shot I filmed it too close in the frame, so therefore I cut off Laurens feet and had too much head room. Next time I'm filming I will close in the frame and make sure I don't have loads of space at the top of the room.

Overall, I am pleased with the preliminary task because I have learnt so much and I have found it fun to film and edit. I also found it satisfying watching the end product.