Preliminary Task and Evaluation

1. Who did you work with and how did you manage the task between you?

In my group I worked with Pip and Antonio for this task. We decided as a group that we were all going to take part in the acting, the filming and the editing, this was because we felt this would help us to achieve the best that we could with our preliminary task.

2. How did you plan your sequence? What processes did you use?

We planned our sequence by making a storyboard for our task, this showed us the exact location of the shots that we needed to get and also the timings of them so we then knew how long each shot had to last for and we also then knew which shot we had to film next.

3. What theorists did you think you could apply to your task?


4. What factors did you have to take into account when planning, shooting and editing?

We had to take in consideration where we were allowed to film and where we weren't, for example we had to ask a member of teaching staff if we could film a scene in their office. When shooting we had to make sure that we did it during lesson time so that there was no unnecessary people in the background of the shot. When editing we had to make sure that we put all of our footage in the correct place and we also had to make sure that we saved it into the correct area so that when we came back to edit it again at a different time, it would still be there to continue on from.

5. How successful was your sequence? Please identify what worked well and with hindsight what would you improve/do differently?

I believe our sequence was quite successful, this is because we managed to get all pf the footage that we had planned to get, we were able to use all of the locations that we wanted to and also we managed to film everything we needed to in the time frame that we were given, therefore we didn't get behind with any of the editing.


6.What did others say about your production?

Others in our media class said that our preliminary task had a very good storyline which matched well with our genre type. They also said that the different music clips that we used were a good choice as they linked together well and they got the audience's attention straight away.

7.What have you learnt from completing this task?

From completing this task I have learnt how to film correctly with and without a tripod, and also how to zoom in and out on the camera to add effect. When editing, I learnt how to add a voice over into the scenes and also how to add only certain parts of songs in, for example: when we only wanted the rapping part of a song we clipped it so it was only that part in the background.

8.How will learning be significant when completing your final film opening?

From what I have learnt from this task I will be able to take these new skills and put them into my final film opening to make it even better than this task. From the skills that I have learnt from this task I will now be able to film with a better quality for my final opening and I will also be able to edit much better.