Preliminary Task
· Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?
I believe that our film does use continuity editing so that the sequences of events are clear and understandable to the viewer. We tried to combine the clips in a way that we used many different camera angles, and many different views of the scene to give a impression of the surroundings and make the clip interesting rather than just sticking with one camera angle/perspective. However, the editing wasn't as good as it could of been due to the sheer amount of time we spent filming individual clips, leaving us with little time to edit to the film to what we imagined or hoped it to be. Some people understood the story and what it was about, but both us and the audience believed there was too much running or 'chasing' scenes and little dialogue which is often quite important so this is something we can certainly alter for the main task. If we had more time to edit, this certainly would of helped the audience to understand the story better. It seemed that the film flowed well but we changed cameras half way through filming to a HD Camera, so wide screen video wasn't persistent, this obviously affected the quality of the film, but its something that can be worked on for the main task by using one camera so that we have a continuous quality throughout our whole film so that the film is clear for the audience and recipients of the film and it is easy for them to understand. we must also make sure that our time management is improved on so that we have enough time to make sure we sort out the film editing to a very high level so that we can make sure that both the acting and the editing of the film are both done to a very high level.
· Have you followed the directions in the brief? (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. An exchange of dialogue occurs.)
We didn't really follow the directions in the brief as much as we could of done but we did include some of the instructions given to us. We didn't exchange much dialogue in the film so this can certainly be improved on in the main task. This was because of most of the film was chase scenes, and sound wasn't clear on the bits we did have dialogue, because of the cameras used did not give us the best quality recording meaning we could not hear our dialogue and because of the time filming we were unable to re record our dialogue into our film as we did not leave ourselves enough time to edit this meant that the audience were unable to understand the film we presented to them as there was no dialogue so this is something we can definetley improve looking ahead to the main task.
· Have you used match-on-action?
We included a match on action shot on the school gate when Dan Smith & Liam Taylor were rushing to open the gate by typing in the code and the shot remained on the gate, this though was not very clear to the audience and we had to explain where we had fitted this in, so as group we feel we can improve on the clarity of the shots we have used, this is something we will improve on ahead of the main task.
· Can you explain what a match-on action involves?
Match On Action-Match On Action is a continuity editing technique. For example, it can involve a person opening a door like in the video presentation of Match On Action that we have also made. This can be done in three simple shots; One to show the person walking towards the door, another shot zoomed on the person’s hand on the door, and the final shot to show the person coming through on the other side. These shots are all then edited together to make it look continuous and as if it is all happening fluently and naturally. This technique can be done with any action, it is just to portray a false sense of continuity to the viewer.
· Have you used shot/reverse shot?
yes we including a shot/reverse shot when me (Junior Adekunle) was chasing Daniel Smith and Liam Taylor into the school as the camera was changed many times from me to them.
· Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?
A shot reverse shot is also a continuity editing technique that conveys either two characters having a conversation, looking at each other, or a person looking at an object.- It is often filmed over one actor’s shoulder to show, what the other person is saying. This person will say all their lines. Then it will be filmed over the first speaker’s shoulder, and the other person will say their lines. This will all then be edited together to make it look like a fluent and continuous conversation between the two people.
· Did you observe the 180-degree rule?
no we were unable to include this into our film as we did not plan for it but we shall and try and improve this for the main task and make sure this is included into our film as we are able to
· Can you explain the 180-degree rule?
180° degree rule is a filming guideline.-It is the rule that all filming takes place within the same 180° circle so that it maintains the audiences’ sense of location. If this circle is breached, the characters will appear on the opposite side of the screen to before, and this will look unnatural and provoke confusion, therefore we use the rule to prevent this.
· What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)
- Producer
- Editor
- Lead Cast
- Actor
- Location Scout
· How would you assess your contribution to the group?
i feel i made a very big contribution to my group as i was instrumental in the making of our preliminary film i was involved in the planning, filming, producing, locating our places of filming i feel that these were essential roles to he film working and being put together of course we as a collective unit believe the preliminary task could have been a lot better and all of us will work hard to make sure the Main task is done to a very high quality.
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