Preliminary Task Evaluation

 My preliminary task was to film someone entering the room and sitting down opposite someone else and exchanging dialogue. To plan the task i used a storyboard that was split up into eight scenes this showed all the different camera shots i needed to include in the text box below each scene.

The equipment I used for this task was; film camera, i movie,tripod and mac. I haven't used any of this equipment before. I found that i movie can be quite difficult/fiddly at times at times but overall it did a good job. I enjoyed using the tripod especially because its easier to pan when someone is walking and makes it more smooth.

I noticed a lot of mistakes myself such as the camera being ahead of the person in front and on I movie a had a tendency to edit too much out. These mistakes were mainly down to never using a tripod before. 

I didn't change any ideas until on the day of filming one of my classmates were away which meant I had to change the story completely. My first plan began with two people sat opposite each other chatting about a party. However I needed to change an actor to a teacher which meant that this time the dialogue was about a pupil not doing enough homework and getting told off for it.

What challenges did I face? 

I mostly found the editing part quite difficult because at one part for example I said 'Go' as an alternative for 'action'. I needed to cut this word out without cutting anything else out. 

What feedback did I recieve?  

I was told that my match on action needs to be more precise because it jumps at the beginning. The camera cut of out one of the actors head by accident. I was told that Chaya, who was one of the actors needed to be more to the left of the frame at the shot reverse shot and also the conversation. In the shot of the conversation I was unable to see the teachers eye level.


At moments in the film the camera was not steady and Chaya moved too quickly, so if I filmed this again I would have told her to slow down. Finally the good points I received were a good shot reverse shot and the continuity right at the end was smooth although this was not the case at the beginning of the film.