For our preliminary task we had to go out of lesson and experiment with the camera, this was our first task filming with camera and we had to film using shots like shot reverse shot, match on action and 180 degree rule. First of all we didn't know what the shot even were but when we knew we experimented with them and tried to position the camera to find out the best angle for each shot. I think our preliminary task was good because I felt we mainly focused on the continuity and the match on action shot, shot reverse shot and 180 rule which was are target.
In this shot we see that we have achieved a match on action shot, we decided to use the shot when opening the door as we felt like it would be effective for the audience to see me open the door close up. We also did a shot reverse shot in the room and we filmed the conversation twice so we had a shot reverse shot and to see both characters speaking and we made sure it was on the 180 degree line
We edited our preliminary task in Adobe Premier Elements which was useful as we didn't know how to work it so we using it and playing around was useful as we roughly knew how to use it when it came to editing our film. We also edited our production credits which was useful as we played around with the features which made us come up with some creative things for our production credits.
We also learnt how to film the use of shot reverse shot on an degree line which was good as then when it came to the film opening we can use this skill and be effective as use the continuity in our film and using it in our preliminary was effective as we learnt how to do it. Editing the shot was a challenge as we had to film the conversation twice from both angles so we had to edit it so it looks like the camera is viewing who is speaking and it changes when they speak on the 180 degree line. Overall using this rule made us really concentrate on focusing on the 180 degree line and filming on the angle.
For filming our preliminary task we took to the challenge of using many different shots including high shot, low shot, close up shot, establishing shot and an over the shoulder shot we used many different angles which links to the continuity of the shots. To the right you see one of the shots we used in our film opening which is an over the shoulder close up shot we used this to see the character from behind. With the use of these shots we made the opening more creative and learning how to do these shots really made our skills of filming more creative and exciting for the audience who views our film and editing the film was good as previous use of Adobe Premier Elements made it easier to edit and also learn new things by editing the film with Adobe and making it as detailed and effective as possible.
We felt like our preliminary task was planned very briefly as it set at the start of lesson and we had to have filmed it by the end and upload footage onto our computer so planning it was very quick but with our film we were able to plan the dialogue, but as a group we decided to focus on the camera and the technical side of it so we can make our film effective as realistic and relating to the genre, but with our script we decided to keep it brief as we felt that we didn't want to much talking as we wanted focus on the genre and the camera work as it is an opening other films don't have much speaking so we wanted to introduce the setting and try and come across the story line of the film., but we still made a script and made it as detailed as possible so when the reader looks at it they know briefly whats going to happen. Our opening took longer to plan as it was 2 minutes when our preliminary task was 18 seconds because we could write up a detailed script and add more detail to the camera work and editing.
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