Preliminary task

Preliminary task


The preliminary task had to consist of certain editing techniques and camera work/rules. This taught me and allowed me to understand how they are used and how I could implement them in my final production piece if I wanted to. One shot that was required was the shot reverse shot; commonly used during moments of dialogue, when using this shot type the 180 degree rule was very important. This rule means you can only stay 180 degrees within each side of the characters so that they look like they are opposite each other, if the rule is broken it can leave the audience confused as it would appear like there is some sort of continuity error. I watched some videos on YouTube  that helped explain this and how if its broken it can ruin the scene and make it look amateurish.

During this process I also watched the Odessa step sequence to see how one of the first montage edits was formed and how its influenced so many more films since. Furthermore I wanted to have a better understanding of how to use different shot movements and angles in my own production. In addition to this, I watched some students previous work on YouTube so I had a visual understanding of what I had to do and I feel it was beneficial as I was able to picture how I was going to approach the production of my preliminary task; moreover, looking at previous work allowed me to identify mistakes and helped me to avoid the same ones they made.

Pre production
Before I started to film my preliminary task, I created a storyboard plan of what I was going to film which consequently made it easier when filming on the day. I did not feel it would be necessary to make up mood boards, scripts or character profiles as I will be doing so for my main production as it would be more relevant then when a genre and actual characters are involved.

Production and post Production
The production of my preliminary task went quite smoothly, once the planning was done, it was quite easy to get the filming completed. However I did encounter some sound issues with the microphone on my phone so I decided to edit that small section out. Also I noticed a slight continuity error during post production which was hard to edit out so it is still noticeable. Other than these minor issues; production and the post production went quite smoothly as I did not encounter and more problems.