EVALUATION

ACTIVITY

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From the preliminary task we learned about how using the tripod was a good way to film without the camera being shaky and this is someone we were able to bring to our full product to make it look more professional. A big thing that we learned was that it is much harder to film outside because we can’t control certain factors such as lighting. This proved to be a problem at the beginning as our footage was quite grainy. Other factors such as noise from the environment can also prove to be quite difficult and it is a problem we faced in the preliminary task but in a different way. In our preliminary task it was usually noise from students in other classrooms or students walking past. For some purposes it may be useful such as when you want to include ambient sound however for our film noises such as that from underground and overground trains would not be useful because our film was dated in a time when such modes of transport weren’t around. To get around this we learned to mute some of the sound but also a lot of the times we just had to wait for the trains to go before we actually shot.

STORYBOARDING• One thing that evidently became very clear to me was how important a

storyboard is to the filming stage. I planned my shots based on the storyboard which served as a plan for me during the filming stage. Without the storyboard I would’ve wasted a lot of time deciding on what to film and how to film it. By following the storyboard I saved a lot of time during filming as I didn’t have to decide what to film at the spot because I already new what I was going to film. The storyboard also helped during editing as I knew how long each shot should last for and where and what titles were coming up and also what sequence to put the shots in so that my film made sense.

FILMING• My film was shot in short cuts which meant that I had to be wary of

continuity in between those cuts as the footage would then be edited together and I wanted to make something that flowed as if it were a story progressing rather than lots of small pars put together. What this meant was that I had to pay attention to small details in between every shot so that the footage was consistent when put together and so that there was also a flow to the footage. This included things such as having a character in the same position from the end of one cu to the start of the next one.

180 DEGREE RULE• The 180 Degree rule is about the camera staying on one side of an imaginary line. His

allows for filming to be interesting whilst staying consistent and not confusing the audience. Breaking the 180 degree rule can disorientate the audience and make them confuse as to what is going on. This is was something that I had to be wary of during filming as there was a dialogue between characters in y opening sequence and breaking it would have left the audience confused s to what was going on. What I done was at the start I filmed Olo walking towards the camera and every shot from then on I filmed from his left hand side and only ever went as far as filming him from behind. This meant that the audience was always looking form his left to side. his gave my film consistency and stopped the audience from confusing characters with each other. It’s something that we learned from the preliminary task as we didn't break the rule there as again there were duologues and we didn’t want to confuse the audience.

MATCH ON ACTION• Match on action is an editing technique is used for continuity editing in

which one shot cuts to another but still portraying the action from the first shot. This adds a sense of continuity the footage which is important as it helps maintain the atmosphere within the shot whilst cutting from shot to shot. It also helps prevent the audience from turning their attention towards the cut but instead helps keep their focus on the actual storyline. In our film we decided to use this to try and show the audiences multiple things over a short time without it looking rushed. We used to present a briefcase and a character who opened the briefcase in a short period of time.

SHOT REVERSE SHOT• Shot reverse shot is another continuity technique is used when characters

are in a conversation or just looking at each other or objects. A shot showing what the character is looking at (in our film we had an over the shoulder shot) is followed by a reverse angle shot from the point of view of what the character was looking at. Shot reverse shot usually ties in with the 180 degree rule to maintain continuity whilst not distorting the audiences sense of location of the characters within the shots.

EDITING• Editing became a much simple job because of the preliminary work I carried

out. Because of the preliminary work I done I had a notion on how to edit the footage together in a sequence that flowed. We were more comfortable in adding in effects such as our black and white filter because we were more comfortable using the program. What Adobe Premiere gave me was precision when putting together cuts but also clean effects when I needed to add to my original footage.