Evaluation of the Preliminary Exercise.

Evaluation

I am evaluating the Preliminary Exercise that I have just done with my group and another. We had a group of three me, Kirsten Day and Victoria Chetley, for our actors we joint up with another group. All three of us helped with getting the story board correct, we all done one each and took ideas from each to make a final story board so we knew roughly what we were going to do. This is the same for the script, even though it's simple as anything we all looked over it and sorted out what they were going to say. We all had a go at shooting, recording sound and writing the shot number and takes down on the shot list.We all also had a go at editing the film and making it look better and pefessional in a way. I did the over the shoulder shots and the wide shot of them looking at each other.I also recorded the sound for the middle shots, the beginning shots I took down the shot list so we knew where we were at and what shots we were going to keep and the others that need to be done again. We all carried and looked after the gear when it was out and helped each other set the equipment up. I think my contribution was as fair as the others contribution, we shared it out fairly and even so we all had equal amount to do. I think my shots where good and I especially the other the shoulder shots, I was happy that I got their eye contact right so it matched up when they spoke and didn't look out of place. I enjoyed the editing even though there are a few bits that could of done with a bit longer time limit if I look back now. Also when shooting the film it would of been nicer to have a bigger space because as you can tell when the actor is walking down the hall when he gets closer to the door it begins to cut out his head and I think it would of looked alot better if we could of had his head into the shot. I also think that the actors could of said their words a little slower so it would of acutally looked like a nie relaxed coversation and not something that looked rushed and so quick when they talk. Also when the actor who walks down the corridoor walks into the room he does this slight laugh that I picked up on, if we could go back I would re shot that scene and try and get it so he doesn't laugh because it just makes the film look a lot better that way. There is another spot I noticed witch I would change and thats the same scene where he sits down, he just relax and when it snips to the other shoulder shot he is relaxed and it just looks odd. I would re do this scene andmake sure when he sits down he's not moving or swinging on the chair I think we picked up on the editing quite quickly and I feel confident with it.

I learnt a bit while making the film, I learnt how to work together with other people and sort things out between us and how it's better if everybody has a bit to do not somebody taking it and trying to do it all so no one else gets nothing to do. My knowledge on how to pan and getting the correct angle on a camera has improved a lot from this film it helped me understand a lot more when getting the perfect view point. Also I learnt about the 180 degree angle and the rule of thirds, these helped create believeable shots and we did stick to the 180 degree line and I was rather happy about that and putting these in use. I also think learning about the different angle shots helped us a lot and the different camera shots helped such as close ups and wides shot. Once we knew what each shot does to emotion and how it helps the audience view that character we could use it to our advantage and I think this did help when we made our film.  I think the hardest thing was the 180 degree line because we were all aware of it and we tried so hard not to try and cross it. However if I was given a camera at the beginning of the course I doubt I could of done most of these shots and getting everything ready like we did for this, if someone said do an over the shoulder shot I wouldn't of known what to do but know I do and it makes me feel confident in knowing what i'm doing. I think the overall technical quality was good for our first go, I think I would try and give and little bit more time on the film at the beginning and end so theres enough time for us to edit so it doesn't seem like one of our actors is cutting the ends of his words. If I done it again I would try and improve the sound quality at least, it sounds a bit muffly at the begining of the film. I think the camera work was rather good for our first go, I think there are certian pieces we would need to clean up a bit if we were to shoot it again. I think the use of our editing was rather good, if we didn't get to edit the film then I would believe it would be in shambles and it wouldn't look that good, we had to shoot this film in the college in a corridor. I think we could of had a better place in the college because our actors looked like they should of been at college which was good.