Friday, October 26, 2012

Preliminary Evaluation of Continuity Editing Sequence BLK


Media Prelim Task Evaluation

The task was to create a continuity sequence of someone walking into a room and sitting down, and then having a conversation with someone. Our group decided to make it a comical scene where the characters made a huge deal over something very insignificant.

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

We were in a group of four for planning and production. This group contained Jeremy, Aidan, Mathew and I. Later on when it came to editing we split into two pairs. I worked with Jeremy. In planning we had multiple meetings where we spread the tasks between us. I wrote up the script, Jeremy wrote up the shoot-schedule, Aidan drew up the storyboard and Mathew wrote up the shots list.
When it came to filming we shared the filming with Jeremy shooting shots with all the actors in and I shot the shots when I wasn’t on set. I acted as the bodyguard, Aidan was the victim and Mathew was the boss.When it came to editing Jeremy and I shared the physical editing equally and both helped each other whenever we needed it.

How did you plan your sequence? What processes did you use? What theories did you try to take into account?

In the pre-production stage we brainstormed ideas until we came up with one that we all agreed on, then we came back for meetings to create our storyboards, script and shot list. We tried to take into account props theory to make our scene make sense.






What technology did you use to complete the task and how did you use it?

When we edited using Adobe premiere pro, we used the cutting tool, fade in and video player to cut clips. We placed the clips in and viewed them to make sure there weren’t any continuity mistakes and to make it look good.






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

When it came to filming we had our set-ups grouped up so we were more efficient and we also started outside then worked our way in to avoid complications like the school bell going off and lots of children walk through our set. We had a lot of shots to do and we managed to finish with some time to spare. In future I would shoot away from other crews so we don’t ruin each other’s shots and I would also apply more time to filming in case of extra takes or just have fewer shots to shoot.

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

It took a while to get the right clips to be placed in the right places as the clips weren’t named with shot types and weren’t shot in the order they are in the storyboard. Next time I would start by removing poor clips and naming all the shots so we know which ones go where in a more efficient manner. When we came to putting shots in the storyboard order, we found that some of the shots didn’t make sense or should be in a different order. This meant that our videos were slightly different to our actual storyboard. There was one shot were the door is slowly closing then on the next shot it is instantly shut. This would be an ideal shot to reshoot if we had time to.

What have you learnt from completing this task? Looking ahead, how will this learning be significant when completing the rest of your foundation coursework, do you think?

In the future I would allocate more time for shooting or just shoot less, and then I would have time to make sure we shot every shot perfectly to make sure we removed any continuity mistakes. I would also name all the shots at the start of editing to speed things up. The planning stage would have been better if we had made sure everything was discussed before shooting to avoid confusion while shooting and editing. Overall the sequence was quite successful and it worked well

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