Evaluation Of Preliminary Task

I think that there are many positives about our preliminary task, such as how well we worked together in a group to share rolls in acting, filming and editing. We co-operated well and everyone was happy to give up their own time when we needed to take more shots as people had been ill, and we all gave up a lunch time to make further edits to improve the piece.
We included many different camera shots, which I thought worked well to keep the viewers interested as if the same few shots were used continuously then it would become very repetitive and boring. So when filming our Thriller, we will use many shots again!
The different camera shots I thought worked particularly well when we were showing the conversation between me and George as it showed both points of view and helped the audience to focus much easier on who was talking, as well as allowing them to picture the whole setting.
I think that the comedy and fast pace of our film piece made it very easy to watch as things were funny so the audience was able to have fun and the story line was at a fast enough pace so that they didn’t get bored.

Although most things went smoothly, there were a few problems which we encountered along the way. When filming the scene that shows the point of view from one cupboard shelf, then down to the one below, we found that there was camera shake as it was hard to make the camera move smoothly without a tripod (we had created a shot that was too low down to use one). When doing our Thriller we will think more of the reality of shooting the shot and how it could be done, or how we could change the shot somehow but still get a good effect.
Also our scene when George sees his Mojo has been flushed didn’t look very realistic as we stopped the filming too quickly so that there was a jump to the next shot – so when recording our thriller we will make sure that we film more than needed to stop this happening again! Also you can see in the shot that George isn’t really lying down properly, so filming each scene a few times when doing our thriller will give us more choice to work with.

I think that overall the preliminary task went very well. When we do our Thriller we will make sure we do the points above which I have already mentioned. Also the fact that George’s clothing changes several times throughout the piece does not help the continuity, so in our Thriller we will make sure that the same outfit is used.
We planned out exactly how we were going to do our scenes, including the props and camera shots that we were going to use. We also did a rough sketch of how we expected each scene to look. I think that this helped the filming process run very smoothly and quickly, and was necessary to do before hand - so we’ll make sure we do this again too. However there was a problem when Beth who owned the one copy of the plan was ill, so next time I think that it would be a good idea if each member of the group had a copy of all the planning, and any computer files etc that would disrupt the filming process if we didn’t have them.
I think that doing this task helped me to practice all the skills such as filming, directing and editing which are needed when doing a film piece, and I hope that these skills will develop further when we come to do our Thriller!