Preliminary Task Evaluation

• What did you learn about the camera and editing software during the preliminary task?

The cameras that we used during the preliminary task were easier to use than we thought to figure out the settings on the camera and to use in general. The camera allowed us to do a wide range of different shots in a range of different locations. To make the preliminary task have a good flow of shots that could be put together in the editing software. The editing software allowed us to edit all of are shots to make them fit in to are task. The editing software also allowed us to use a range of cuts such as a match cut and it also let us use a range of shots such as shot reverse shot. We also found out that all the shots we took with the camera worked well with the editing software to put the piece together.

• In the filming and editing of your project, what worked well and what could have been improved

In the filming and editing part of our preliminary task the locations of the college building in which we filmed worked well with the shots that were used and were a good way of establishing the shots that we originally had in our shot list. Also we achieved good continuity editing by ensuring that our match cuts and other various shots were edited carefully so it all flowed into each other.

Overall our whole group worked well together and we planned our task well as a team to make sure we all had a part in doing something.

The only thing that I suggest that could be improved is that we could have worked faster so that we had time to add music and credits to add to the effect of our film.

• Give a detailed, specific example of how you have used a shot/reverse shot combination in your film.

We made sure that we used the 180-degree rule in order to do our shot reverse shot. When it was the scene where the two characters were having a conversation in the classroom, we filmed one of the characters first over the opposite characters shoulder and stopped where the other character was due to say her line. We then filmed the other character saying her line from behind the opposites shoulder. We then had two different shots and then just cut and edited them together so that it flowed into a shot reverse shot.

• Give a detailed, specific example of how you achieved match cuts during the editing process

We filmed Havana walking through the corridor, and we focused on the door handle, in which she opened after. We went inside, and filmed her opening the door from the outside.

During the editing, we had to cut in between where Havana opened the door, and stopped half way. Then we added the bit where we filmed from the inside, and then cut it half way where she’s walking in. We had to choose the cuts carefully, e.g., Havana opened the door with her right foot, so we had to cut it, with her right foot inside.