AS Media Studies Preliminary Task
- At a micro, technical level, how well did you observe the conventions of continuity and the language of editing?
Our scene involved a Hitman or contract killer and a contractor sitting opposite each other t a table. Before this however, we were able to use match on action when the Hitman enters the scene by coming through a door. We cut from a shot of the Hitman pulling the door open from one side and then cut to another shot of him walking through the door with it closing behind him. We also show it during the scene where the contractor slides the Hitman's next job over to him on the table. This is done by keeping the character's actions in a sequence that made sense to the audience - so we had the Hitman open the contract during a shot instead of doing it between shots.
- What were you pleased with?What seems to work well and why?
- What is the best shot/ angle in your clip
I was pleased with the variety of shots and angles we used to create this short film, We were able to clearly show match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule WITHOUT breaking them by crossing any of the characters' eye-line. I feel that the best shot in the film is the two shot used to show the conversation between the two characters ;it allowed us to capture the expressions of both of them during the exchange and (attempt to) cause tension and suspense between the two of them.
I was pleased with the variety of shots and angles we used to create this short film, We were able to clearly show match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule WITHOUT breaking them by crossing any of the characters' eye-line. I feel that the best shot in the film is the two shot used to show the conversation between the two characters ;it allowed us to capture the expressions of both of them during the exchange and (attempt to) cause tension and suspense between the two of them.
- What mistakes did you make? What would you have done differently?
- Recorded for a longer time before and after a scene?
Some mistakes that we made included not muting background noise in some shots ; an example of this is in one of our scenes you can hear people shouting and laughing in the background, also, sometimes when playing my character, I spoke too quietly and the camera wasn't able to pick up my voice - causing us to have to re-film the shot. Another mistake that we made was not using the tripod in scenes where we could have, this made some shots look shaky and made them unable to convey the effect we wanted.
Some mistakes that we made included not muting background noise in some shots ; an example of this is in one of our scenes you can hear people shouting and laughing in the background, also, sometimes when playing my character, I spoke too quietly and the camera wasn't able to pick up my voice - causing us to have to re-film the shot. Another mistake that we made was not using the tripod in scenes where we could have, this made some shots look shaky and made them unable to convey the effect we wanted.
-How did you manage the group dynamics and equipment and resources?
-How did you delegate roles? How did the equipment help you?
To manage our resources we had James take care of the camera and Ajani take care of the tripod. I brought in an SD card but we ended up using one provided by the school as I was unable to format it. When delegating the roles we filmed a variety of test shots to experiment who was going to play each character ; in the end, James played the Hitman and I played the Contractor. Then we had Adam and Ajani decide who was going to film the most shots by seeing their ability to use match on action, shot-reverse-shot and follow the 180 degree rule without assistance, so we could rely on them during filming to get the shots we needed without additional direction.
To manage our resources we had James take care of the camera and Ajani take care of the tripod. I brought in an SD card but we ended up using one provided by the school as I was unable to format it. When delegating the roles we filmed a variety of test shots to experiment who was going to play each character ; in the end, James played the Hitman and I played the Contractor. Then we had Adam and Ajani decide who was going to film the most shots by seeing their ability to use match on action, shot-reverse-shot and follow the 180 degree rule without assistance, so we could rely on them during filming to get the shots we needed without additional direction.
-What problems did you encounter logistically?
- Difficulty with Actors? Camera Issues? Editing Problems?
When gathering the files to use for editing our short film, we noticed that there were way more video files on the camera than we had recorded and we struggled to separate the files from our own when importing them to Adobe Premiere Pro and editing them. We also had a problem in the fairly early stages of editing when the laptop my group was using froze, leaving us unable to save all of our progress and causing us to have to restart the project. Luckily we still had enough time to finish the project though.
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