Preliminary task evalutaion
- 1. Preliminary Task Evaluation Tayla Thorley
- 2. How effective was the pre-production workflow for your preliminary task? As a group, I think we worked very well as a team and allowed each other to voice our ideas and use them within our preliminary task. What helped us in this task is the fact that we produced a brainstorm together to form our final idea and we used storyboards which helped us a lot in the actual production of the task. To make the pre-production better, I think we could have put more detail in our storyboards so that each clip connected better together and so that it was filmed better. What hindered us in our pre-production was the fact one member of our group was away one day and we didn’t have her input and ideas into creating the storyboard.
- 3. What technology did you use to film the task and how well did this go? • We decided to use an iPad to film our preliminary task. The benefits of using the iPad was that it was very easy to use and wasn’t time consuming when it came to importing the video onto the iMac. However, the downside of using the iPad is that when you are filming, it can tend to be quite hard to hold because it is an awkward size to film with. Because of this, it made the filming quite wobbly at times.
- 4. What did you learn from the actual filming that you will need to think about in the future? • From the actual filming, I have learnt that it would be a lot better if we filmed with a different device because the filming came out wobbly at times. Also, in future it might be better if we used a tripod to film with to get a sturdier hold on the camera, therefore the filming will look more professional. Another thing that I have learnt is that we should pick a better location and at a different time. This is because, we chose to film in the canteen, which tends to be quite noisy even when it is not occupied by students. Also, because we filmed it the wrong the way round the first time, we had to re-film it when it was closer towards lunch time and everything had been set up for lunch, which didn’t allow us a lot of time or space to film.
- 5. What technology did you use to edit your preliminary task and how well did it go? • To edit our preliminary task, we decided to use iMovie. This went very well because it was very easy to use and it gave you a lot of options to add onto your film, like sound effects, music and transitions. To which we used both the sound effect of a heartbeat and a instrumental in the background of pieces of film.
- 6. How well does your completed preliminary task meet the criteria set out for it? • I think our completed preliminary task met the criteria very well, because we had a character open a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character and he exchanges dialogue, in which our case is a knock knock joke. We also included match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. However, we could have included more shot/reverse shots and some more match on action to show the audience the character’s facial expressions and body language.
- 7. What do you think, overall you have learnt from the process of completing the preliminary task? • From the process of completing the preliminary task, I have learnt different aspects of film. I have learnt different camera movements like tracking shot and panning shot, that we included a lot in our task. I have also learnt basic camera shots, such as extreme ling shot and two shot, which again appeared in our task several times. Also, I have learnt how to edit a piece of film on iMovie and how to cut pieces of clip and how to import music and sound effects and also, how to create slow motion or make a specified clip fast-pace. I have also, learnt how to export an edited piece of film from iMovie onto another external device.