Preliminary Task - Evaluation

A few weeks back, we were set a task to have a test with the cameras and software we were going to be using during our project. We also could test out shots using the camera shot rules which were set. In my group I had, George Pell, Declan Heart and Harvey Ewen. We planned out our prelim and what shots and storyline we were going to use. We tried to incorporate as many different shots as possible, for example, close ups, high/low angles, over shoulder conversational shots, point of view ECT. We tried to make our preliminary task look as good as we could get it. This is because when we filmed for our real product, we would have more experience. We came up with a plot, found props, turned on the camera and we were rolling.

Filming day came and we were very eager to get stuck in with the shooting. We took longer than expected to film our prelim, yet this did not bother us, because it gave us an insight into how long we would need for our real project. We re did many shots, and did many takes for some action shots. We realized even though we planned out story line, we did not plan enough, and struggled slightly with some of the dialogue and action shots. As this was a prelim, it was not as much of an issue, yet this improved our knowledge on what we needed to do for our final project.

After shooting this, we got a insight in how it was to upload and edit footage on iMovie. Before we uploaded the piece, we were worried about the camera quality, but after uploading the footage to the iMac’s it seemed to be less of an issue. We edited the piece to run smoothly, also ‘playing’ around with contrasts and other colour elements. It looked good, yet we thought there was something missing, this was some music. As I have experience in audio and MIDI sequencer programs, I took up the position of producing a very simple sound track for the back ground. It was incredibly simple as there was no need for a complex sound track. After the music and editing were done, we were happy with the result, but even more pleased we got to get an experience of all of the equipment and software we were going to be using.