My Prelimenary task

Task: We were given the task to film and edit a short film. Our filming had to include; character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he/she then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue.

Before we jumped straight into filming we prepared for this task by first drawing out a story board with short explanations of each shot type we were going to use, any dialogue each character may have and weather or not the shot was exterior or interior. For filming our preliminary task we assembled a tripod and camera.

Filming: My group, (Agnes and Jo) and I managed to maintain the 80-degree rule shot. For example, shot number 7 we filmed, the camera slowly panned across the room following character one's actions and not crossing over the 180 degree line to confuse our audience.

We used shot reverse shot near the end of our short film during the exchanges of dialogue between the two characters. They were both looking in the opposite directions to show to the audience they were looking at each other so our audience didn't get confused. For these shots, we used an over the shoulder frame.

In our preliminary task, we used match on action, shot reverse shot, many close ups, 2 shot, over the shoulder, long shots, extreme close ups while maintaining the 180-degree rule.

My role during the filming was not only to film but to also direct the shots and the positioning of other actors. And to also, edit the film.

Editing : I am happy with the final result apart from some minor details. Such as, if we had a little extra time, I think our movie would benefit with a few more transitions and sound effects. Like, fading from shot to shot or adding in a more dramatic ending, Also, we would look at adding in more titles between shots. The space we used during filming i found was limiting and loud. But the background noises we had added a more realistic sense to our film. In out finally scene, we really had a great space for surrounding and dialogue. However, when it came to using spectacular shot types our space was limited as we were on a balcony. But I think that we worked with what we had and in the end we got the shot we wanted.

I think in the end, next time we will need to share out responsibilities more and all take part in every aspect, filming and editing.

Using the camera was simple, however the tripod wasn't very straight and we had trouble with the noise it was making as it was coming up and being heard in the scene. But, we pushed past that and came up with a great end result.