Here is our final piece for our Preliminary Task enjoy!
Saturday, 30 November 2013
Evaluation
The good
I feel that the overall flow of the video is maintained, due to the fluid match on action and the precision editing of the cuts between the change of camera angles. Also I find that the over the shoulder worked really well, showing the reaction of the characters clearly to show there emotion. The way that the finished piece came out, being nice and crisp, with the audio being easily heard and all the shots being how we wanted them and having no faults such as being out of focus or having someone a bit out of frame.
The bad
Possibly that we could have chosen a storyline or plot that was a bit more serious or easier to understand as some viewers may not really understand it. Also to choose actors that will take it more seriously which kind of hindered the quality of the overall outcome.
I feel that the overall flow of the video is maintained, due to the fluid match on action and the precision editing of the cuts between the change of camera angles. Also I find that the over the shoulder worked really well, showing the reaction of the characters clearly to show there emotion. The way that the finished piece came out, being nice and crisp, with the audio being easily heard and all the shots being how we wanted them and having no faults such as being out of focus or having someone a bit out of frame.
The bad
Possibly that we could have chosen a storyline or plot that was a bit more serious or easier to understand as some viewers may not really understand it. Also to choose actors that will take it more seriously which kind of hindered the quality of the overall outcome.
Preliminary task story board
This is a storyboard showing some shots and scenes that will be shot for our actual video.
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Examples
These are 2 different examples of the 3 main rules for my preliminary task.
^Match on action^
^Shot-Reverse shot^
Shot-Reverse shot
Shot-Reverse shot is a film technique commonly used to show a conversation happening. In brief words it is where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other. The typical camera angle for this technique is the over the shoulder shot which is very often used in conversations in films.
Match on Action
In this task the brief expresses the skill/technique of match on action.
Match on actions is an example of continuity editing, what this means is that in a scene when there is a cut the same piece of action must be going on, this is very important as it is helping the audience continually understand what is happening as it maintains flow and allows the camera angle to change at the same time.
Match on actions is an example of continuity editing, what this means is that in a scene when there is a cut the same piece of action must be going on, this is very important as it is helping the audience continually understand what is happening as it maintains flow and allows the camera angle to change at the same time.
My Role
In my pair, my partner and I decided that I should take the role of camera man and editor as this was my strong side as I was the one that owned the camera and the laptop with the software for the editing stage and had experience in editing and making short films. My partner was more of the director and script writer and he told me what he wanted the scene or shot to look like, so we worked off each others ideas and tried to make the most successful preliminary task we could.
Equipment/Software used:
The camera that we used for this was the Nikon D3100, this was an advantage for us due to the easy accessibility to it being owned by me and also its video quality is great being 1080p Full HD resolution which makes our end product just look that little bit better.
We chose to use a tripod paired with our camera to ensure that our shots were stable and didn't look shaky at all making the overall finished product look a bit more professional. Also for most of the camera angles a tripod was needed to make sure they were executed and put across well.
For the post production stage we used Final Cut Pro X editing software to edit and put all of our clips together, even though there wasn't a lot of editing to do Final Cut still made it a lot easier to achieve this due to it being very familiar to me and the precision editing tool really helped for getting the perfect cut.180 Degree Rule
In film making, the 180-degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene.
The green side represents the angle where the conversation can be filmed from and the red side showing that area that you should avoid, otherwise the characters will switch sides on the screen
Sunday, 10 November 2013
Preliminary Task Brief
This is the AS preliminary task brief, it is a rough outline in showing what we should acheive
Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.
Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.
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