Preliminary Task

We have recently finished our preliminary task, this involved us making a short film.

For this task there were a certain number of things we had to include:

• Action Match: continuing a piece of action through two shot (eg.someone opening a door)
• Shot Reverse Shot: where the camera shot goes back and forth between two people
• 180 Degree Rule: creating a 'line of action' on which the camera does not cross over
• Someone opening a door and then walking across a room
• Dialogue between at least two people
• Continuity
• A random prop (ours being a gingerbread man oven timer)

This task allowed us all to have a go at filming and using the camera to achieve a range of different shots and sequences. We used a tripod to film most of the shots, but some were handheld. Everyone had a go at filming so we could all get to grips with how the camera worked and how best to do each shot. 

After we had finished filming we moved on to the editing process, we edited our film on iMovie. We all took it in turns at editing and cutting the clips, adding in music and sound effects. This helped us practice editing for when we come to our thriller film.

Overall I am pleased with our final outcome as I feel we have achieved everything effectively and produced a good short film.