Media Preliminary Task

This is our preliminary task, the task was to film a character opening a door, cross a room and sit opposite another character and exchange a few lines of dialogue. We had to include match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.

I think we filmed the task well and had enough raw footage to cut down to a convinent length and had various shots of each scene so we could choose which one we would use when editing. The editing is strong in this task especially when Mitch opens the door and the shots quickly change to 3 different angles within 2 seconds. I also included a special effect which i created myself using somne footage we filmed that we wanted to show as a security camera so i used After Effects to create this effect and i think it has worked well in the scene.

There were a few thinks that could be improved on. One thing that could do with changing is the volume levels, the dialogue in the scene could be louder and clearer and we could achieve this if we use a boom mic. The shot where the camera zooms in on the folder looks quite amateur and disrupts the flow of the scene so if we were to re-film this task i would not include a zoom but i would find another way to add emphasis to the folder.

Editing

Today Matt wasn't in so me and Mitch started editing our clips in lesson using adobe premiere elements. The software was easy to use because i am used to using editing software. I finished the rest of the editing off at home. I also used adobe after effects to edit on clip to make it look like CCTV footage to enhance my skill using editing software and to show off my skill. I made sure i checked all the clips in editing for continuity so that the preliminary task flows nicely between shots.

Finished Filming

today in lesson our group finished the filming for the preliminary task. we finished the rest of the filming for the conversation and filmed mitch opening the door. I used various angles when filming to convey different effects. Next lesson we will use the editing equipment for the first time.