Preliminary Task - Evaluation

Preliminary Task - Evaluation 
Overall I am pleased with our final short clip. I feel that the editing went generally well and where it didn't, I learnt how to overcome problems that I would be able to replicate when it comes to our final project.
Problems I faced included not knowing how to inset titles but I now know how to do it and this will help create my opening sequence for a thriller. Something that could be improved was our filming. The lighting didn't work very well and it points the actors were unsure of what to say as we forgot to bring the sheet with our dialogue written on so had to improvise slightly. This has taught me and my group that it is essential to be organised and keep on top of what needs bringing. Another thing that went wrong was that when the video was uploaded to YouTube the end has been cut off and so you don't see the main title -'The delivery' appear on screen.

Preliminary Task - Final Edit

Preliminary Task - Final Edit 

Here is the final edit of our preliminary task.

 

Preliminary Task - Editing

Preliminary Task - Editing
When it came to editing we had to look at the different components within editing such as adding in non-diegetic music and sound effects as well as transitions and straight cut editing to bring the whole clip together. I faced a few problems when editing my part of the film as it was my first time editing and so I wasn't sure what to do but with guidance from my teacher and initiative I manage to get to grips with it and it has prepared me well for when we come to edit our final task. On reviewing our footage, we saw that the lighting we used was way too dark in parts and some of the handling noise from the camera spoiled the effect of the clip so had to be removed. Although this made things slightly tricky for us now, it was actually a good thing for the long run as we were forced to deal with these problems and it gives us an idea about which lighting works and doesn't work and how to remove and insert sound but also teaches us to take care with any excessive noise when filming.

Preliminary Task - Filming

Preliminary Task - Filming 
On our day of filming, we had a limited time frame in which to gather all of our clips and so we had to be organised and efficient with our time. I took a main role in filming while the other two members of my group acted and we all helped to direct and decide which shots and camera angles would be most effective.
We tried to be as organised as possible in our planning before hand so that we didn't waste time on the day making decisions, although there were some things which were only possible to do at that time such as setting up the scene in the room, sorting out the lighting, choosing an appropriate background to fit with the lighting and getting together props.
Overall the filming went well and we gathered more than enough footage to edit with later on which gave us flexibility. The only problem we faced was noise from other students whilst we were recording certain clips but we solved this issue by asking them to be quiet or moving ourselves to a different location.

Preliminary task - Initial Planning

Preliminary task - initial planning

In our initial planning we established that we wanted our clip to fit into the genre of a thriller. By planning, filming and creating a thriller now, it will act as good practice for our final project. We originally wanted to create a clip which revealed an anti climax as we believed this would be a good creator of tension. However, we then reviewed our ideas and decided that the plot would become too complicated for such a short and simple task. Once we had simplified our story we started to brainstorm ideas on a piece of paper including ideas for camera shots, assigned roles, dialogue and other components for the footage.

Next we created a simplistic story board outlining the plot and movements of the scene and this helped us to visualize what our clip was going to look like and how the plot would fit together.
This was the first of our two story boards as it was important to create an initial one so we could then add to it and improve it's appearance, creating a final version of our planning summed up.

Finally we created a more detailed story board including types of camera shots and some ideas for sound effects for within each shot. This was naturally our next stage of planning as we started to look at the finer details which were necessary to plan before we started shooting the footage.