Stacio Preliminary Evaluation

In our preliminary task we used a lot of different types of shots

  these include a long shot at the start of the video with the camera

out of focused and was used to introduce one of the male characters

that took part in the video. 

Another type of shot that we used was a extreme close up

of Jack's hand. This shot was an important part of the video as we 

had to make sure that the same hand he used to open the door

was used in the next shot shown letting go of the door in the 

next scene. If we messed this part up the film would not look

as realistic. Therefore when we were filming and editing 

we had to make sure that we made sure that it was the right hand

and the shoot flowed smoothly.

We also used over the shoulder shots throughout out our prelim

when we were trying to capture the conversation between the two male

 characters in our film. We did this to create a connection 

between the person watching the video as the shot creates a feeling

of you being there.

In addition we followed the three principles of continuity editing, which are rule of 180 , shot and reverse shot and match on action. 

Jack's prelim evaluation

During filming we shot each scene twice to make sure we had a back up clip incase one of them didn't look correct or look natural, in an aim to make our scene look as natural as possible. This meant filming each clip from different angles and through editing choose the best one. 

Continuity editing was important to create one continuous motion, making it look realistic instead of having one clip following the person, making it look unprofessional. For example, entering and exiting the door had to be done in three takes as to make it look continuous, without following the person, we had to film on the inside of the door; the person approaching

the door, pushing the handle, and the outside; the person with their hand on the handle, to show the continuous motion from the clip before hand, and walking out of the door.

We aimed to make the prelim a mystery/ gangster theme and through editing we were able to add corresponding music when editing, fitting the mood, creating a flowing atmosphere.

We have conformed to match on action, a rule of continuity editing, as we showed the continuous movement of the character opening the door and walking through, which looked fluent. Through the look of the one swift movement, created through editing to make the opening of the door and the walking through the door, look like it was in the same movement. This is done to look effective and realistic to the audience watching.

Through following the shot reverse shot rule, usually used during a conversation, we made the talking between the two characters look natural, which is easy on the eye of the person watching. By using over the shoulder shots, and the 180 degree rule, when both characters are faced directly opposite each other, a conversation is carried out and through editing, it is slick and fast.

We conformed to the 180 degree rule to make the audience feel at ease with the story. By following the rule, we made sure that the camera position was was on one side of the actors, as we didn't want to confuse the audience, because when seeing both sides of the characters in a scene, it would be confusing and hard to understand for the audience.

Jack, Stacio and Ben's prelim

Dylan - Preliminary Task

Dylan - 1 minute film (The Deal)

The purpose of our 1 minute film was to showcase the skills we had learnt from a lesson we had with a professional who came in for the day to teach us how to record using the cannon cameras and how to edit them in final cut pro. In that lesson we also learnt about the importance of following the rule of thirds, adjusting the white balance and how to use manual focus to create depth of field.

What we can take from this lesson:
- Always use manual focus as auto focus will result in constant readjusting
- Make sure the white balance is set manually as the camera needs to know which colours are white
- How to use different shot types (not shown in 1 min film)
- How to use match on action to make create verisimilitude

Jack, Stacio and Ben's- 1minute film (The Stalker)

From doing this 1 minute film we have learnt how to set white balance up on the cannon cameras. White balance is the process where you give information to the camera so that it removes unrealistic colour casts, so that objects which appear white in person are white in the photo/video. Camera white balance has to take into account the colour temperature of a light source, which refers to the relative warmth of coolness of white light. 

We have also learnt how to create suspense by not giving the audience all the information.Suspense can be created through almost any element of a story, including the title, characters, plot, time restrictions and word choice. We created suspense by not showing the stalker face. This was effective as it made the viewer want to watch out to see who he was and what was going to happen next.

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