2. Prelim Evaluation

2. Prelim Evaluation

In the prelim my group was able to develop our skills and we had planned our filming and editing clearly. At the beginning we did spend a little too much time planning then was needed for a short film but we had our minds set after and knew what exactly we were going to do. I think that we were successful in all the key elements of making the prelim. When shooting the actors walking through the door  we didn't just show them from one angle, we used various shots. e.g. long shot, where you can see the whole of the actor and a lot of the background to set location, over the shoulder shot, where the camera focuses on one character over the shoulder of another, helping to bring the audience into the action. We also remembered the 180 degree rule every-time we shot a new clip we did cause some confusion at the start but we became comfortable with it as we progressed. One thing that I found extremely good was the match cuts and our film seemed to flow smoothly and our shots began where the other one ended, there were no signs of an action happening more than once. Another thing that I thought made our prelim good was that every-time we recorded a new clip we would always watch them back in-case we needed to re-film them or if they weren't filmed at all. This meant we took longer than other groups but also meant we knew what each shot looked like and if we needed to re-film any footage. My group knew exactly what we wanted each scene to look like and what shots to do during each scene, for example, when we shot the scene with a conversation, we used close ups and we also found editing quite easy as we all had a good eye on what footage we didn't need. The only thing I say we say we struggled with the most would be time management as we spent too much time making our story boards and the small details. We would also need to practice panning as we tried to incorporate it but felt it looked stiff.