Preliminary Film Task Evaluation

I worked with Hannah to complete my preliminary task. We worked very well together and managed to complete it and be pleased with the outcome. I didnt use the camera as much as Hannah but i felt comfortable directing the actors and occasionally helping out with the camera part. Our film was planned with firstly drawing out a stroyboard, so that we could film it straight away without wasting any time. Using a storyboard was a good way to plan as we knew by looking at the storyboard exactly what the actors and the camera was doing. we could also erase anything we changed easily. We used dialogue in our sequence as it showed better continuity and just flowed better all the way through. We found inspiration by watching other peoples films in class which gave us a better understanding of what we actually needed to do. We used a camera to film our sequence and also used a tripod to help gain better shots and camera angles. Using a tripod made it easier to do more difficult shots as it was more sturdy than doing it free hand. We then used imovie to edit our film, so that we could edit what we wanted and cut what we didnt want. Things we had to take into account included the 180 degree rule, without this the overall outcome of the sequence wouldnt have been as good without it, so this was our main priority. Another aspect we had to consider was continuity. This was also very important as we wanted the filming to flow without any unwanted mistakes. The overall outcome of our sequence was really good and we were both very pleased with it. However, we did have to
re-film 3 times because of certain things going wrong. The first time we filmed it all went very well apart from the fact that we were then told that we couldnt film ourselves. This was a silly mistake and we have certaintly learnt from it. The second time also ran very smoothly, although on one part of the sequence we found when it came down to editing, that the camera had took a picture a film clip. We then couldnt couldnt film just that part agin the next day, due to the characters wearing different clothes. The last time we filmed went to plan and we were pleased with outcome. Next time we will make sure that we have all the footage before we start to edit. From this task i have learnt that filming and making sure you have involved every aspect is alot harder than it sounds. I think that next time being more organised with everything will definately help. At least now we have made our mistakes, we hopefully wont make them in the real thing.