I felt I learnt a lot from doing the preliminary task. In the preliminary task my partner was Iman and assigned to another group who would be the cast for our film and vice versa. We had to make a short film and edit a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character. A couple of lines of dialogue had to exchange between characters & match on action. I soon became aware that the planning we did in secondary school was called Pre-production and it had more involved than just creating a storyboard and script… we learnt the other processes e.g. the shooting schedule and location reece. During this time we learnt the shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule had to incorporate when filming; so when it came to the AS we had a better knowledge of how to do these processes. We also learnt about the camera we would be using and where all the function where.
In the Main task my partners were Sharon and Edward, we had to choose our casts from the other Media class. We had to create a new fiction opening sequence with titles and it had to last for a maximum of two minutes. All the video and music materials had to be original or copyright free. We start off with researching on fairytales then had to adapt one of the chosen tales. I develop my skill in creating storyboard and script as every time, we made it we would receive feedback on it. Later after we learnt how to write a pitch, create a photo storyboard, call list, prop list and casts list. From this I learnt that the photo storyboard is exactly the as a storyboard, the only difference is you get a visual aspect of it.
In the production of the preliminary task we were all given various roles… I was the Camera person. I had to set-up the camera and tripod to shoulder length. When we were filming because it was our first time we wasted a lot of time and were rushing things so we could go home; but we still manage to do quiet a few takes for each shot just to get it right so this caused us to waste time. Some of the problems me and Iman faced whilst doing this task was that we could not get some of the shot right so to deal with this we had do keep on doing the same shot until we got it right. I learnt that when filming we should not just rush into it as it will waste a lot of time; we should do a practice shot so we know. Another issue that I personally think was I problem was because everyone was tired, we was not really taking the task serious but it was not to we buckle up and realise that the more we complain about being tired, the more time we waste. For AS I was the director… I had to say a checklist out loud. For example “Camera Ready” and the camera person would reply saying “Check”. I was also in charge of the continuous sheet and had to stand next to the camera person when they were videoing; watching through the view finder whilst she was filming and making sure it was a good shot. If the cast did not know what they were doing I had to act it out for them so they would see a visual aspect of what they had to do. Although before we shot every shot we always did a practice shot first. The production was very successful as this time I learnt for the mistakes I mad in Preliminary task; we had more than enough shots as we did every shot from a different angle and made sure everything was continuous by not starting from where we left of but a bit before it. We also followed our shooting schedule so we were on time.
Although preliminary task was our first time using the editing software, Adobe Premiere Pro properly, we learnt how to use it fast; we learnt how to capture, digitalise, assemble and add effects to the shot. In AS we were more confident at using the software; however we did encounter some problems as one thing that we had to deal with was that the computer froze and everything that was done on that day got deleted. However we did not let the problem get the better of us as we just redid it again. After we had finished this process we assemble our shots and used the razor tool to remove any parts we did not want; we also added effects to the clip to make it look more interesting and got feedback from some of classmate then made the changes on it.
By completing the Preliminary task I learnt that time management is one of the key elements when recording; I spent majority of my time retaking most of the shots I took because we could not get the right and instead of us to practice the shots before recording, we rushed so this consumed a lot of time; whilst trying to manage time also learnt that group work has it’s importance’s, when doing a task like this, because if you do not work together that is when things start going badly wrong and you end up wasting time; also you need to be organised if everyone is busy doing something except from one person you, the other person could be setting up the next shot, all of these things come under time management so it all how wisely you use your time. However in AS I was aware of these things and didn’t make the same mistakes.
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