Question 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
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Evaluation Question 7
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Preliminary Filming
The preliminary exercise allowed me to practice the basic filming rules such as the white balance/brightness, 180 degrees and the CONTINUITY rule, as well as practicing the match and action shots at the editing stage. -
Preliminary Filming
VideoWe had to make a series of changes along the way by starting at a different scenery with a different camera shot. However, when it came to creating a smooth continental sequence we were successful making sure that the foot pacing was matching and the sway of my arms was continuous throughout the sequence so that nothing looked out of place. This prevented any jump cuts from occurring and followed the match on action shot as each clip flowed together and made it look professional. -
Preliminary Filming
We kept to the 180 degree rule by making sure the camera was positioned on only one half of the room but at varied angles. Overall my experience when filming and editing the preliminary task allowed me to avoid mistakes and become more prepared when making our opening title sequence. -
Forming Groups
After being put in our group we decided to start mind mapping our initial ideas, starting with the type of opening title sequence we wanted to make and then develop the narrative ideas from that. We all had the opportunity to share ideas by writing down a potential aspect we could use, discussing the ideas and then come to the conclusion of a rough idea. -
Forming Groups
Furthermore, we discussed our strengths within filming and delegated roles between us before going onto the planning stage. Alizee and I were stronger as directors and producers, whereas Charlie and Brandon were strong Actors and Camera-men. From then onwards we began creating story-boards with the ideas we made and had a clear image of what we wanted to film. -
Forming Groups
Working in groups was REWARDING because it enabled us to come up with more than one possible routes to forming creative ideas and filming however, it started to become challenging when it came to creating a shooting schedule that worked with everyone of our timetables. We soon realized that we all had overlapping timetables and concluded with organising a one to one and a half day worth of filming. -
Planning
Planning out shot by shot was effective when trying to build a image of our opening title sequence because it gave us a rough idea on the order of what we were going to film and where. Beginning with deciding on the mise-en-scene and what locations we could possibly use helped stimulate further ideas along the way such as the props that would be appropriate for particular scenes as well as the camera shots we could possibly use. -
Filming
When it came to the filming day, we began to realize how ambitious our potential opening title sequence was. We then followed our resources we created before hand such as the shot list and story board but improvised at some points. We were, however, more confident with our camera work because we were familiar with the basic rules like the 180 degree rule and continuity shot rules. -
Filming
We filmed a variety of shots and found some of them irrelevant or un-useable at the editing stage. We did end up reshooting the following day to make more shots relating to the past murder scene just to make more sense and continuity to the opening title sequence.. Overall i believe the final product was successful despite the re-shoots and teadious editing, and still met some of our expectations. -
Editing
Editing the opening title sequence was more complex than editing the preliminary task because we had to edit with more than one layer of sound to match the visuals on screen. When it came to filling over a minute and a half of clips during the rough edit, we began to realize how much footage we didnβt film successfully and fell into the habit of throwing away material or slowing some clips down to fill in the gaps. -
Editing
We mostly used fades to white and cross fades as transitions between clips, white fades were used especially at the flashback clips to make the spectator understand that itβs a flashback thus segregating the past and the future.
