Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
There is a huge number of differences between our preliminary task and our final product. The reason why our final product is so much better/more professional is due to us being able to find locations to film, interesting props and planned ideas. For our preliminary task we were limited to resources and had to complete it in school during a short one hour lesson. Being in school, it was harder to access the services we needed and take on the exciting and more successful camera angles.
MATCH ON ACTION
In our final film we used match on action at the beginning when our protagonist is entering the location. Straight away you are able to see the difference in quality due to us using a Nikon D3200 DSLR camera. We wanted to use this so we had a high definition professional looking product. When using match on action we wanted it to be timed accurately and fit the scene well. As nowadays we are aware of how to use Adobe Premiere Elements we were able to edit our film creating suitable and in time entrances. We wanted to ensure we used match on action to get the highest possible mark, by improving from our preliminary task we are able to make it look more professional and suitable. Instead of using unoriginal camera angles like in our preliminary task, we decided to use a range of different camera angles and shots. We used a long shot to show our characters body language, medium shot and a canted angle to create a uneasy atmosphere. It shows our character at the same point but including different angles and shots.
We want our film to come across as unique and different compared to our boring, laughable preliminary task. We needed to include match on action as its a very important part of filming and also helped us receive more marks. It worked well with our film genre but also the soundtrack we used helps create a tense suspicious atmosphere created by both the soundtrack and camera angles.
When comparing what we did and didn't do differently there is a vast range of things. When doing our preliminary task in the time we had, it was hard to think about our characters use of dialogue and the topic of conversation. As our final product was planned carefully and thoroughly thought about, it enabled us to involve the characters dialogue with the topic of conversation being relevant to our film. We didn't want our characters to look silly and unprofessional like in our preliminary task. The acting had improved massively, as you can see in our preliminary task myself and Nadiye really struggle not to laugh, however in our final product we all took on our roles seriously to achieve the best grade we could. We wanted to try and include more dialogue than in our preliminary task as we thought it would be more successful. On the other hand, we're not actors, we're not professional so we didn't include large amounts of scripts as we thought it would make our film look messy and not victorious.
Having now completed our final film, looking back at our preliminary task it helps us understand how much we have learned throughout our AS journey and ways in which we improved each individual skill. Its fairly amusing looking at our preliminary task as its very unprofessional and our interpretations of match on action and shot reverse shot aren't very accurate or precise. We are now aware of continuity within filming and how to achieve a successful product at the end.
There is a huge number of differences between our preliminary task and our final product. The reason why our final product is so much better/more professional is due to us being able to find locations to film, interesting props and planned ideas. For our preliminary task we were limited to resources and had to complete it in school during a short one hour lesson. Being in school, it was harder to access the services we needed and take on the exciting and more successful camera angles.
MATCH ON ACTION
Here is our use of match on action in our preliminary task. As you can see we cut the camera recording and moved the position of the camera to capture the shot at a different angle. Due to the camera in which we used being a GE1080p hand held, the quality of our work is fairly poor. As its a small camera it was also to zoomed in making it hard for us to get a decent shot. This scene I also feel doesn't really reflect match on action as successfully as I hoped as it doesn't really show our actors at different angles appropriately. We knew from this that we had a lot to learn about how to do these different techniques effectively ensuring continuity was not broken leaving our audience confused. Overall, the match on action in our preliminary task wasn't filmed properly due to it being rushed. In our final film we used match on action more effectively as we knew from our preliminary task we had to improve it!
In our final film we used match on action at the beginning when our protagonist is entering the location. Straight away you are able to see the difference in quality due to us using a Nikon D3200 DSLR camera. We wanted to use this so we had a high definition professional looking product. When using match on action we wanted it to be timed accurately and fit the scene well. As nowadays we are aware of how to use Adobe Premiere Elements we were able to edit our film creating suitable and in time entrances. We wanted to ensure we used match on action to get the highest possible mark, by improving from our preliminary task we are able to make it look more professional and suitable. Instead of using unoriginal camera angles like in our preliminary task, we decided to use a range of different camera angles and shots. We used a long shot to show our characters body language, medium shot and a canted angle to create a uneasy atmosphere. It shows our character at the same point but including different angles and shots.
We want our film to come across as unique and different compared to our boring, laughable preliminary task. We needed to include match on action as its a very important part of filming and also helped us receive more marks. It worked well with our film genre but also the soundtrack we used helps create a tense suspicious atmosphere created by both the soundtrack and camera angles. When comparing what we did and didn't do differently there is a vast range of things. When doing our preliminary task in the time we had, it was hard to think about our characters use of dialogue and the topic of conversation. As our final product was planned carefully and thoroughly thought about, it enabled us to involve the characters dialogue with the topic of conversation being relevant to our film. We didn't want our characters to look silly and unprofessional like in our preliminary task. The acting had improved massively, as you can see in our preliminary task myself and Nadiye really struggle not to laugh, however in our final product we all took on our roles seriously to achieve the best grade we could. We wanted to try and include more dialogue than in our preliminary task as we thought it would be more successful. On the other hand, we're not actors, we're not professional so we didn't include large amounts of scripts as we thought it would make our film look messy and not victorious.
As you can see here, I've compared our acting in the preliminary task and in our final product. On the left you can see Nadiye slightly laughing. As we had just started using the editing software and begun are Media AS level we didn't really know how to crop out parts successfully. Alternatively on the right you see our other actors in our final product acting professional and not laughing. We all took it seriously and were able to effectively edit out any faults we recorded. Overall, our acting had hugely improved since our preliminary task and we are all very proud that we managed to stay in character!
Once we had filmed our preliminary task we learned that it would be best to film outside, this was due to being able to capture the natural lighting rather than the yellow looking artificial lighting you get inside. We re-watched our preliminary task many times and realised that the lighting can ruin the quality if not accurate or realistic. Filming outside helped retrieve nice lighting and it didn't make the scenes come out looking yellow or fake. Our teacher mentioned colour corrections and different ways to change the lighting nether less, we thought that the outside would be better for our chosen genre and our overall plot ideas.
Our preliminary task was filmed in a school, we wanted to include a school bell to help show the audience where we were and give more information. We added a soundtrack on Adobe Premier Elements, this was the first time we had done this and were pleased with the outcome. As we had learned how to do this from our preliminary task we decided to use different non-copyrighted sound effects and soundtracks in our final product. Our sounds were far more impressive in our final film due to our progression of understanding from our preliminary task.
The main reason we did the preliminary task was to understand the rules of filming, 180 degree rule, match on action, shot reverse shot and continuity. Having already spoken about match on action we also included shot reverse shot at a very important part in our final product.
SHOT REVERSE SHOT
This is our shot reverse shot which we used in the preliminary task. The timings weren't correct and our actors weren't very convincing. As a result our preliminary task wasn't very successful but it enabled us to learn the rules of filming and we were able to look at this for guidance for how to improve. We had a basic idea of how to perform shot reverse shot however, our editing skills weren't as experienced as they are now so we weren't able to edit it well enough to be appropriate.
Once we had filmed our preliminary task we learned that it would be best to film outside, this was due to being able to capture the natural lighting rather than the yellow looking artificial lighting you get inside. We re-watched our preliminary task many times and realised that the lighting can ruin the quality if not accurate or realistic. Filming outside helped retrieve nice lighting and it didn't make the scenes come out looking yellow or fake. Our teacher mentioned colour corrections and different ways to change the lighting nether less, we thought that the outside would be better for our chosen genre and our overall plot ideas.
Our preliminary task was filmed in a school, we wanted to include a school bell to help show the audience where we were and give more information. We added a soundtrack on Adobe Premier Elements, this was the first time we had done this and were pleased with the outcome. As we had learned how to do this from our preliminary task we decided to use different non-copyrighted sound effects and soundtracks in our final product. Our sounds were far more impressive in our final film due to our progression of understanding from our preliminary task.
The main reason we did the preliminary task was to understand the rules of filming, 180 degree rule, match on action, shot reverse shot and continuity. Having already spoken about match on action we also included shot reverse shot at a very important part in our final product.
SHOT REVERSE SHOT
This is our shot reverse shot which we used in the preliminary task. The timings weren't correct and our actors weren't very convincing. As a result our preliminary task wasn't very successful but it enabled us to learn the rules of filming and we were able to look at this for guidance for how to improve. We had a basic idea of how to perform shot reverse shot however, our editing skills weren't as experienced as they are now so we weren't able to edit it well enough to be appropriate.
This is our shot reverse shot in ur final product. As you can see by the quality, acting skills, steadiness and Mise En Scene its a much better and more advanced scene of filming. We knew how to do shot reverse shot as we were able to practice it as much as possible due to not being in a tight time frame. We also had a tripod to help get a steady shot which wasn't wobbly or out of focus. The frame was still unlike in our preliminary task where its shaky due to natural hand movements. I'm very happy with my groups improvements due to us taking on board things from our preliminary task and learning how to produce a successful final product.
Overall, I feel our preliminary task was a helpful guide in which lead us to create a impressive final product with the basic rules of filming with interesting, exciting and captivating camera angles and shots. As our preliminary task was fairly weak we knew what we had to do to improve. Our preliminary task was the first video in which we edited on Adobe Premier Elements, it helped us learn how to cut scenes and put them together. It was our first insight in using the software which was helpful as we were able to see all the different transitions etc. My group as a whole are very pleased with our final outcome, and this is partly because of the skills we learned from our preliminary task. If we hadn't done the preliminary task we may have been unaware of how to perform techniques like shot reverse shot, match on action and other different angles/movements.
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