Preliminary task

This is my groups preliminary task


Evaluation

Filming the preliminary task was a good learning curve for me personally and also for my group. We learnt a great deal. We learnt how to use the equipment we would be using such as cameras and dolly. It was tough to start off as I believe we underestimated the difficulty of the task. The filming wasn’t too bad as we keep the scene as simple as possible. However the editing was the toughest part. We ended up cutting a minutes worth of clip time in order to make it as smooth as possible. It was difficult as for many of us it was our first time using iMovie and some of us struggled with the timings. Although we all had a same image of what we wanted the finished video to look like. Another point to improve on in our final piece was the mise-en-scene of the video, while not of great importance now it will in the final piece. There were some amateur mistakes such as boxes lying around, bags on tables in the frame and also students nearby. We have taken this into consideration and already organised the props and look of our set before filming. Furthermore while not a qualified actor I believe my performance as 'misbehaving student' could have been better. I’m aware that we will not be graded on quality of acting but if there are any flaws in our final piece it will divert the attention of the drama and intensity we are trying to create. I was nervous and sometimes looked at the camera, so it’s important that I learn from this and improve.

On a positive note, we worked well as a group with everyone pulling together in order to create a preliminary task. Everyone did something and we all took responsibilities from any mistakes and tried to learn from them.