Preliminary Task Evaluation - RESIT!!!

Unit G321 Preliminary Task Evaluation

1. Do you feel your piece of film demonstrates continuity well? If so why?
I think that our piece doesn’t really demonstrate continuity because when I first walk into the room, the door slams and then when I sit down it slams again. When we were editing this piece the programme we used kept freezing, so we couldn’t actually watch the whole piece until after we had imported it. So, unfortunately the piece didn’t demonstrate continuity because of the fact we couldn’t watch the whole piece to see what needed changing. If we had, I think we would of realised and made changes to our final piece.

2. Have you demonstrated match on action; shot reverse shot and the 180-degree rule? If so why are these editing techniques useful?
When filming our piece we used shot reverse shot and the 180-degree rule. These techniques are useful because shot reverse shot can give the audience a close-up of the character that is talking, and then can flick to another character when they talk. The 180-degree rule is useful because it shows the scene and the characters all in one. So, when filming using the 180-degree rule, Georgie and I were always seen together, and the surrounding scenery.

3. How do you feel your group worked together?
I think our group worked really well together because we all listened to one another and gave some good input about how to edit the film. There was 3 of us, so when it came to editing, all of us had a go at doing it. As it was our first piece I think this would have been useful because then later on, they would know how everything works. But, as a group I think we worked really well and came up with a good piece.

4. If you were to film this piece again, is there anything you would improve on?
If I was going to film this piece again then I think I would look at the mise-en-scene a lot more because the actual scene was set in a bar, and because we filmed this piece at school we had to use an art classroom. So everything looked a bit weird. Also, the props we used could have been more realistic.

Also, I would consider using a few different angles and shots with the camera. When I passed over the wood saw to Georgie, the audience couldn’t really see what it was, so if we were to do this again, I would of liked to get an extreme close up of the tool before Georgie put it into her pocket.

When we were editing the piece, because of the programme it kept freezing so we couldn’t really see what we were doing, and had to guess where to put screen transitions in. If I ever had to do that again then I think I would like to work on a different programme, so I could see if there were any mistakes.

5. Did you plan your video well, or could you improve on this?
When we first got the preliminary task, Miss Hobbs had written out a script for us to film, so we didn’t really need to plan what we were going to film, or what the piece would be about. We didn’t however plan the angles or action shots of the cameras. We set up three; one camera always filming a close up of me, one always filming a close up of Georgie and another filming a mid-shot of the both of us. Then we chose which scenes we wanted and put them together to create our piece. If I did this again then I would plan more, so I knew exactly what I was doing.

6. Did you use transitions within your piece?
When we were editing our piece, we left all the transitions until last so that we could decide where they were going. I think we used the transitions well because on every new scene, or when we used a shot reverse shot, we faded in and out. We also used other transitions, and we made the whole piece turn black and white. This was because we thought it looked better and it went more with the style of the piece.

7. Have you learnt anything about the editing software whilst doing this exercise?
Whilst doing this piece, I have learnt how to use the software. Unfortunately, I didn’t really like the programme because it was really slow, and when we tried to watch our video, it kept going jumpy and it froze a lot. I managed to work out how to use it, but I still don’t really like using it because it takes a lot of time because its so slow.