Gareth Morris
Bethan Syddall
Tom Squires
Chris Mitchell
Bethan Syddall
Tom Squires
Chris Mitchell
During the preliminary task our group learnt numerous techniques including how to edit and shoot a short video using the software Final Cut Professional 7 to help us with our understanding and improve our current media skills.
During media lessons, our group filmed and edited a short piece as part of our preliminary task. It was purposely basic as it was mainly a practice exercise in preparation for our main task.
Therefore, we filmed within the college grounds, outside and inside of the ball building. The storyline for this assignment consisted of a student meeting a friend in college after receiving a text from them.
Preliminary Task Evaluation
As a group, we believe that the preliminary task was overall quite successful, yet some minor problems occurred, but very rarely noticeable according to the footage.
Before filming, as a group we created a shot list in preparation for the actual filming process. After filming and editing the captured footage that we recorded we realised that some more extra shots were required in order to make the transitions flow and look more smooth to achieve continuity editing.
To avoid any mishaps like this happening in the future, such as in our main task, we would draw out shot list of the overall sequence to make a clearer diagram, making it easier to detect any faults that we could then solve.
Even though the shot list was not as accurate as we would have liked, we included some adequate shots which we felt were successful. For example, the medium shot of Gareth walking up the stairs. This may of mimicked a shot from that of a CCTV camera, as thought he is being looked over from above upon his every move., like in many private buildings. However, during this shot a student was noticed on the side of the screen which slightly disturbed the filming process and the shot which was only meant to include Gareth himself. Despite this, the person was in it for a split second so it was not very noticeable and therefore did not affect our overall editing and filming process.
Other shots that we deemed to be successful was the close up of Gareth opening the door. Although, the filming footage is a little bit shaky. This could not be prevented as when pressing the button on the camera it caused it to move slightly. Despite this, we consider this to be our best close up shot throughout the task, along with the tight editing which made it look even more effective as it corresponded with the previous shot.
A key element that was required in our task was the shot reverse shot of the two characters having a conversation. We used the 180 degree rule in order to make this shot look as smooth and professional as you would expect from something off the television. To do this, we shot the camera over Chris' right shoulder when he was speaking, and then followed by over Gareth's left shoulder during Chris' dialogue. Due to editing skills, we were able to make this seem like a smooth conversation between two cameras, giving the effect that it was filmed using two separate cameras, yet we were limited to only one camera. The over the shoulder shot was a good element to include due to it still revealing the person who isn't speaking, and a shot of the face of the current speaker.
Another key element also used during our task was a match shot. We included this during the medium shot of Gareth opening the door, followed by the extreme close up of Gareth's hand on the handle of the door. This gave the effect the viewer that it was a smooth transition to the next shot and therefore matched the previous shot, yet a closer more detailed view.
Another example of a match shot in our film was the opening of our video; the close up of Gareth's phone, followed by a medium shot including Gareth and the phone. Again, this match shot linked together through our editing, giving the impression that it ran smoothly and overall made the shots successful because of this.
All of the group contributed to the editing process of this task, although, Gareth had the most input because he had more experience than some of us. We had some problems with continuity editing towards the end. We stuck with the 180 degree rule, which made our task appear more professional as we used as many different shots as we could and edited as neatly as possible for the best viewing.
From our experience, we also learnt how to set up the scratch disk. We saved this to Macintosh HD 2, and then further saved into our own area where it would be easier to locate all our work that we have done.
During media lessons, our group filmed and edited a short piece as part of our preliminary task. It was purposely basic as it was mainly a practice exercise in preparation for our main task.
Therefore, we filmed within the college grounds, outside and inside of the ball building. The storyline for this assignment consisted of a student meeting a friend in college after receiving a text from them.
Preliminary Task Evaluation
As a group, we believe that the preliminary task was overall quite successful, yet some minor problems occurred, but very rarely noticeable according to the footage.
Before filming, as a group we created a shot list in preparation for the actual filming process. After filming and editing the captured footage that we recorded we realised that some more extra shots were required in order to make the transitions flow and look more smooth to achieve continuity editing.
To avoid any mishaps like this happening in the future, such as in our main task, we would draw out shot list of the overall sequence to make a clearer diagram, making it easier to detect any faults that we could then solve.
Even though the shot list was not as accurate as we would have liked, we included some adequate shots which we felt were successful. For example, the medium shot of Gareth walking up the stairs. This may of mimicked a shot from that of a CCTV camera, as thought he is being looked over from above upon his every move., like in many private buildings. However, during this shot a student was noticed on the side of the screen which slightly disturbed the filming process and the shot which was only meant to include Gareth himself. Despite this, the person was in it for a split second so it was not very noticeable and therefore did not affect our overall editing and filming process.
Other shots that we deemed to be successful was the close up of Gareth opening the door. Although, the filming footage is a little bit shaky. This could not be prevented as when pressing the button on the camera it caused it to move slightly. Despite this, we consider this to be our best close up shot throughout the task, along with the tight editing which made it look even more effective as it corresponded with the previous shot.
A key element that was required in our task was the shot reverse shot of the two characters having a conversation. We used the 180 degree rule in order to make this shot look as smooth and professional as you would expect from something off the television. To do this, we shot the camera over Chris' right shoulder when he was speaking, and then followed by over Gareth's left shoulder during Chris' dialogue. Due to editing skills, we were able to make this seem like a smooth conversation between two cameras, giving the effect that it was filmed using two separate cameras, yet we were limited to only one camera. The over the shoulder shot was a good element to include due to it still revealing the person who isn't speaking, and a shot of the face of the current speaker.
Another key element also used during our task was a match shot. We included this during the medium shot of Gareth opening the door, followed by the extreme close up of Gareth's hand on the handle of the door. This gave the effect the viewer that it was a smooth transition to the next shot and therefore matched the previous shot, yet a closer more detailed view.
Another example of a match shot in our film was the opening of our video; the close up of Gareth's phone, followed by a medium shot including Gareth and the phone. Again, this match shot linked together through our editing, giving the impression that it ran smoothly and overall made the shots successful because of this.
All of the group contributed to the editing process of this task, although, Gareth had the most input because he had more experience than some of us. We had some problems with continuity editing towards the end. We stuck with the 180 degree rule, which made our task appear more professional as we used as many different shots as we could and edited as neatly as possible for the best viewing.
From our experience, we also learnt how to set up the scratch disk. We saved this to Macintosh HD 2, and then further saved into our own area where it would be easier to locate all our work that we have done.
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