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?

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?

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

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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