Evaluating the preliminary task

Explain what you were asked to do and how you prepared for the task.
We were asked to film a character opening a door, sitting down and exchanging dialogue. We prepared our film using a storyboard with all the different shots such as math on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. We drew every step we were going to film on a storyboard writing down the different actions. We also watched clips of existing movies such as Lock Stock and smoking barrels and Reservoir dogs to show us what our film should look like.

Filming.
Explain how you filmed each part of the task (match on action, shot reverse shot while maintaining the 180 degree rule)
We stuck to our storyboard which featured all the types of shots we needed. We filmed ours in the libary, so it was quite tricky stopping and moving the camera in order to film the required shots however, it was quiet and calm. We had to use the tripod right at the very end to shoot the match on action. All the other shots we used our steady hands!



Low shot of character 1's feet.



              








Your role.
My role (character 1) was to film character two. I (character 1) had to go to the library to get my phone (which i had lost) where i was studying. I had to walk through the door into the library, walked round the books and to the table at which i was studying. I then filmed character 2 a student who was also studying and asked her if she had seen my phone. She had collected my phone and gives it to me and then i walked away.

What  kind of shot you used and why?
We used all the shots because it would be more effective. Our match on action shot was character 1 walking towards the library doors. We then had a close up shot of character 1's hand. Our 180-degree shot was at the end when character 1 was talking to character 2.


Hand opening door.



What was your framing like?

We tried to fit all the relevant objects in the frame to make it look as effective as possible. For example we did a high angle shot which showed character 1 pulling a chair away from the table to sit down. We chose to keep character 2 out of frame on the other side of the table so we could use shot reverse shot.

The positioning of the actors on the screen.


Match on Action



By using all the different shots in our film we felt it would bring something different to our clip. It made it look real and it flowed together nicely.

Editing

Were you happy with the final result?

I was very happy with the end result because i feel we used all the shots in our film effectively. I think we can learn from the mistakes we made in some shots for example the hand on the door, this went wrong because my hand was on the handle for too long. I think the film flowed nicely apart from that delayed hand scene.

What could your group have done to improve the sequence? (was the camera work fluid?/Did the match on action match up or should you have had the camera closer/further away from the subject/were they in the right position on the screen?/were the shot types you used for shot reverse shot appropriate for the dialogue?

We could have stopped the camera more frequently and rewind what we had done and see if we could make any changes whilst filming. We didn't use the tripod except for the last scene with both characters in the frame. So we had to keep the camera as still as possible which i thought we did.

I think the camera was in the perfect position in every shot. We had close ups, long shots, head shots etc.

How did you think you worked as a group?

I am working with another girl called Emily Kelly, even though there are only two of us, i feel we both contributed to making the film and we listened to one another to make the film just as we both wanted.
I feel we worked well as a team.