Preliminary task essay

The task was to have one character walk through a door into a room, meet up with another character, and discuss at least 4 lines of dialogue. We decided to push the limits somewhat, while still following the scripts, by replacing the door that the character walks through to a gate, and the room to a woods. We have also added a third character, to expand the idea and to expand the amount and story we are able to add in. However, we did still stick to the idea that the script mentioned.

I worked with Shani Casey, Fern Barlow, and Claire Walker, and from outside the media group, Shakira Hurst. We split into 2 separate groups effectively, with Me, Shani, and Shakira being the Camera crew and actors, on location, and Claire and Fern being the editors, in the editing booth. We worked very well together,getting the editing and filming done, and we did a very good job, I believe.

We were very successful with the planning. We had our dates planned, and we got the filming done within about an hour, because we had the script memories, and we got all the recording done in one day, and we got everything done to the specified time limits, which we managed to do because we managed to organize it very successfully

The filming went very well, not meeting with many issues at all, however, the camera we used ran low on battery, but we managed to finish the recording process. The Tri-Pod also didn't stay upright when we were recording on a slight hill, so we decided to change in a different way, as I was my Character to originally meant to stay on shot throughout the entirety of the argument between Shani's Character and Shakira's character, however I wouldn't have said anything, but since the camera wouldn't stay upright, we decided to have a scene with Shani's character off camera, saying 'CUT!', and my character storming off character. I held the camera from this point, with my character re-appearing later on, from the direction I stormed off on, to stick to continuity.

The editing process went, if anything, even better. Since the filming went so well, we didn't even have many cut takes, but it was very simple to cut together. The biggest editing hiccup was the gunshot sound. Since we used the editing program, Final Cut Pro, while this is a very easy editing process to use, it does not have an inbuilt gun shot, however it was easy to find a gunshot, so this was successful, and a very good editing process.

The final outcome, I believe was very good. However, I do have some slight complaints, more at least things I would do differently. I believe that the music isn't always appropriate to the plot. However, it does go with the action in many ways, but the only thing I would improve would be finding music similar but which fits with the plot better. Except this, I believe the rest of the film is very good. One of my favorite things about the film is how it is very different from what other people would have come up with, while still stick to the task well.

This task has taught me to expand our ideas, and push the limits because this makes the film stick out, something which I believe our task did, even if it didn't completely stay great throughout the film, it is definitely individual, and I believe that is a very good thing.I will also remember to make the film very similar to the preliminary task, as I believe it is a very good basis.