Question:
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the
progression from it to the full product?
During the
course of the preliminary task, our task
was to film someone walking down a corridor, opening a door, sitting down in a
room and swapping dialogue with another person. This, naturally, was done in
separate stages. First off, we had to create a story board of what was to
happen in the video and in what order, by drawing a picture, writing a small
description of the shot, and what camera shot was to be used (establishing
shot, close up etc). Then we learned the basic tools of using the camera, boom
microphone and the camera tripod which enabled us to widen our available list
of shots that we could use for the task. Some of the shots we did use in our
preliminary task were:
- Long shots/ Establishing shot of the
corridor
- Close up of hand when it's turning the door
handle
- shot reverse shot during the dialogue (180°
rule was used between this (when you film behind one persons left shoulder, you
must film behind the other person's right shoulder.)
There was a
list of different dialogue that was available to use, for our group we chose
this script:
Person A:
Hey, I was wondering
if you've seen a USB, I think I left it here
Person B:
Uh, what colour is
it?
Person A:
Silver.
Person B: hmm, No I haven't seen it... Sorry.
Although
this was mostly my first time using a camera to actually make a short film, completing the task was actually relatively
easy. There was three of us in a group so we all took turn to record the task
so that everyone could learn to use the camera properly. Doing this small task
did have a massive impact on how we developed our skills before we planned for
our actual film opening as it gave us the room for adaption when it came to
planning for our actual film opening when it came to elements such as drawing
up our story boards, learning how to use and experiment with different camera
angles and shots, and how we can do research and planning in more depth and
detail.
Below is our final Preliminary Task which was uploaded onto youtube
Answer the question - what did you learn here and how did it help with the final project? What did you learn there?
ReplyDeleteThink about storyboarding, scripting, acting, editing, etc.
Evaluation looking like a level 3 at the moment. Well done, but aim for an A. Take a look at your emails – I’ve sent out some exemplar work for you to look at. This needs a little more emphasis on the main task and how you'd grown since the prelim task in all areas (R&P, Filming, editing, etc.). Include the film and stills from it here too (and throughout your blog). Blog looking good, but lacking level 4 substance.
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