Prelimianry task evaluation

What we have done: In our preliminary task we had to film a short sequence to a video and what happened in the video is that a bomb threat was called out then obviously at the end the bomb exploded and the main character could do nothing about it. The task was to introduce us students to editing and learning skills as we go such as being introduced to the 180 degree rule, which is pretending we have an imaginary line when filming shots and we can’t exceed past the line otherwise it causes confusion. We also inserted how to add music, effects, sound and texts to our videos.

Good points: Good points in our task are that we managed to get some understandings of shot reverse shot in our video, which was effective. Also we managed to add sound effects, an explosion and title texts and music in our film and the music set a mood to our task which worked well and all of these aspects made our overall presentation better and worked well in the video.

Bad points: A negative aspect in our task is that we maybe could have added more v. close up shots to show facial expression from both the characters because this would have held an effect and may have created tension due to the facial expressions. Also we could have added some credits at the end of the film just to signify who we are and it would have made the overall presentation neater.

Overall conclusion: Overall I felt this task was a success for many reasons, firstly I learnt new skills and techniques to my editing, such as learning the use of shot reverse shot, establishing shots, the 180 degree rule etc. Also the task has helped me with memorisation of lines and important roles amongst filming and it has given both me and George confidence for when we film our proper AS Media films. I would recommend the task for other students who are in the same position as me.