Evaluation Question 7
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
This is our preliminary task, in this we had to follow the guidelines and we had to create a simple short video just to show that we understand the task that was given. It required us to edit a continuity task which then involved a person/character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character in which the person will exchange phrases of dialogue. This task will demonstrated match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. It is simple but it covers the requirements.
We my group and I look back at our preliminary task we feel that as a group we have all learnt alot and developed our skills and positively improved as a group. It is has definitely helped us when it came to creating our main trailer 'Captive'. We believe ever since the preliminary tutorial our camera work has been much more efficient and effective as we can now use the manual settings to much greater effect and this actually makes our footage much better as we can control what the outcome will be more like as to compared what it would be like if we were to use the auto mode like we would've done if we hadn't learnt a great deal from our practices. The manual mode allowed for much more control over the shutter speed, aperture and ISO (camera sensitivity) which then made it easier to get a more cinematic look on our film. As a result of this, you can see that compared to our preliminary task there was our main trailer and the trailer showed how much our camera work and abilities had improved, we used a larger variety of shots and angles and also the quality of the footage was much better. I have picked out a you tube video below that describes how colour correction works and how to use it effectively.
180 Degree rule
One of the main camera techniques we improved and worked on was the use of the 180 degree rule. Before any of our work I didn't have a great understanding of what this meant, but we were able to build a better understanding of it as the course progressed. In our preliminary task we actually didn't use this rule as we lacked the knowledge of how to use this rule, we didn't know where to apply it and how to use it. We then researched into it to improve our understanding of it to see how to achieve the 180 degree rule and this research actually made our final film opening a lot less confusing and time consuming. I believe the use of the 180 degree rule made our film more professional as it has followed the guidelines of a real media production.
One of the main camera techniques we improved and worked on was the use of the 180 degree rule. Before any of our work I didn't have a great understanding of what this meant, but we were able to build a better understanding of it as the course progressed. In our preliminary task we actually didn't use this rule as we lacked the knowledge of how to use this rule, we didn't know where to apply it and how to use it. We then researched into it to improve our understanding of it to see how to achieve the 180 degree rule and this research actually made our final film opening a lot less confusing and time consuming. I believe the use of the 180 degree rule made our film more professional as it has followed the guidelines of a real media production.
Screen shots from Preliminary Task
The two screen shots above were taken from our preliminary task. The 1st shot is a close up of my face and the depth of field on the camera focused in on me meaning that the other person was more blurred out, this means that the camera was focusing on me. As you can see the 180 degree rule is broken in this because it is a POV in screen shot two and in screen shot one it is a close up, this has broken the 180 degree rule and it makes it confusing for the viewers to understand whats happening.
The planning of our preliminary task was confusing and hectic because as a group we didn't really know what to do and we didn't know who to create what we had been used to do so we simply brainstormed a few ideas and came to a conclusion and we created 'LONLEY'. Our outcome was pretty bland a lacked a variety of detail and it missed out the '180 degree rule' for example. We instantly improved on this as it came to the pre production of Captive and the production of Captive, as a group we worked solidly together and we got things done effectively and efficiently. To communicate as a group we used whats app instant messenger and we created a group chat were we would construct a few ideas and then organise the dates and times for the shoots. This was very helpful and it definitely made the process much easier. We worked collaboratively in order to create a storyboard that would help us when it came to shooting the scenes. This helped us give a pre visualisation of our shots and change anything or correct anything in advance, instead of wasting our time when filming. This is something which we struggled with in the preliminary task. We had no storyboard and that definitely effected our outcome and the efficiency of our shoot.
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