Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer? Yes. Our trailer does use continuity editing that are clear and visible for the viewer. Our trailer needed editing because its a trailer. We needed to use quick transactions in between shots because trailers only have quick shots on scenes. We used fade in and fade out black on scenes because it flows better and because our theme was horror the blackness went well with it. We chose good edits which made it run smoothly throughout the trailer.
Have you followed the directions in the brief? The brief for our task was ‘A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character, an exchange of dialogue occurs’. We did not have a character open a door, or sit on a chair opposite another character and exchange dialogue. We found it hard to follow this brief because we done a trailer so it was harder to. Our trailer did have good ideas though that our other class mates gave feedback on. We saw what we done and in our main task we will make sure will follow the brief.
Have you used match-on-action? No we did not use match on action in our trailer. But we did video match on action in the videos we took for our trailer but did not use it in our final trailer.
Can you explain what a match-on action involves? Match on action is where one shot of something is taken then theirs another shot taken straight after and if flows together. An example of this could be someone opening holding a door handle then the next shot be the door opening, this would flow together.
Have you used shot/reverse shot? Yes we did use shot reverse shot. We used this when the lights were flickering, then onto the characters face to show face expressions we did this with the lights flickering then onto his face then back to the lights.
Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves? Shot reverse shot is when the camera focuses on one object then to another object and then back to the other object. An example of this is person A speaking then the camera goes to person B and the back to person A this is using shot reverse shot, it is used commonly with people having conversations.
Did you observe the 180-degree rule? We did observe the 180 degree rule but did not use it in our trailer because it didn't fit in right.
Can you explain the 180-degree rule? The 180 degree rule is where the camera will move 180 degrees around the room which shows characters in different places. For example one person could one person could be on the left hand side of the room and the other one being on the right hand side of the room so the camera would move around 180 degrees to show both characters also showing the scene.
What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.) In the task my main role was probably the organisation of the actors, organisation and managing. I was making sure everything was happening right and the camera angles and shots were right. I also did some filing. We all contributed to the filming equally.
How would you assess your contribution to the group? I would assess my contribution to the group in a good way. I think my contribution was good enough. I think i had some really good ideas and it showed in our trailer. My contribution for filming and editing was equally the same. I was more focused on the filming because i enjoyed that more and have experience in it. In the editing i done well and we had a good outcome. There was two scenes that had to be done right for the sound to be right and i got it right on point which was really good.
What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film? (E.g. skills - teamwork, acting, organisational etc. From doing the preliminary task i have learnt a variety of things. I have learnt that because we didn't follow the brief as well as we could i learnt that when we do our main task we know now what to do and realized our mistakes. I learnt a lot of skills through filming and editing i learnt how to convert videos quicker and better, different types of shots and angles, i also learnt a lot of it skills. I learnt that we shouldn't use copyright music because this is not allowed we now know that next time we will have to use our own music and not someone else. My organisation for the filming was good and i learnt to be more organised throughout the editing from this. My teamwork was already good because of experience but i learnt how to work better in a team from this task.
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