Looking back at your Preliminary Task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
When we started the course for AS Media, we were introduced straight away into the Preliminary Task. This help us get use to the Apple Macs, the filming equipment and the editing software.
The Preliminary Task involved working in a group of three, two would be acting and one would be filming. One of the actors walked down a corridor, while being followed by the camera. They would open a door and go into a room, where the second actor was already sat down at a table. They would sit with them and exchange a few lines of dialogue, and then get up and leave the room.
Before doing the Preliminary Task, we spent a week or so learning about the camera techniques and rules we had to follow when filming any sequence. They are Shot/Reverse Shot, Match-on-Action and the 180 Rule.
Shot/Reverse Shot
Shot/Reverse Shot is a method used to show two people having a conversation. It includes a shot of one character looking one way, and then another shot of the other character looking back at the first character to give the impression that the two characters are having a conversation.
Match-on-Action
This is the term for making sure when using two different shots to illustrate an action that when the first shot cuts to the second, the action matches. For example, when filming our Preliminary Task, we did a Long Shot of the person going to open the door but then an Extreme Close-Up when he actually opens it. When the shot cuts from the Long Shot into the Extreme Close-Up, we had to ensure that the persons hand was the same distance from the door handle.
180 Rule
The 180 Rule is basically where the characters on the screen have the same left/right relation to the camera throughout. If the camera operator moves over this 180 line, it's known as 'Crossing the Line'. It's done to ensure you don't give the audience a false perspective of which way the characters on screen are actually facing.
All of these rules helped during the production of our 2 Minute Film Opening. If we didn't use these rules, then the film would not have continuity, something it has to have if it's to be a successful film.
In the Research and Planning of the Preliminary Task, there wasn't much we could do for the Research part. However in the Planning process, we did plan the whole task out using storyboards, which we also did the same for our Film Opening.
The Construction of both the Preliminary Task and the Film opening were very similar. We used the same technology like the recording cameras and the Apple Macs, and we also used the same software to edit which was Adobe Premiere Pro. The only main difference with the Construction was the size of each project, with the Film Opening we had alot more to Plan, Film and Edit.
The Evaluation process was that which changed the most. The Evaluation of our Preliminary Tasks were to write up some Good/Bad points and how to improve it. With our Film Opening, the Evaluation consisted of mainly 7 different questions that had to be answered in depth, however also things like feedback from the group.
Overall I do think that the skills I needed to complete the Film Opening I advanced from being taught them while doing the Preliminary Task. Such as operating the camera and sound equipment, using the editing software and basic shots learnt in theory based lessons.
When we started the course for AS Media, we were introduced straight away into the Preliminary Task. This help us get use to the Apple Macs, the filming equipment and the editing software.
The Preliminary Task involved working in a group of three, two would be acting and one would be filming. One of the actors walked down a corridor, while being followed by the camera. They would open a door and go into a room, where the second actor was already sat down at a table. They would sit with them and exchange a few lines of dialogue, and then get up and leave the room.
Before doing the Preliminary Task, we spent a week or so learning about the camera techniques and rules we had to follow when filming any sequence. They are Shot/Reverse Shot, Match-on-Action and the 180 Rule.
Shot/Reverse Shot
Shot/Reverse Shot is a method used to show two people having a conversation. It includes a shot of one character looking one way, and then another shot of the other character looking back at the first character to give the impression that the two characters are having a conversation.
Match-on-Action
This is the term for making sure when using two different shots to illustrate an action that when the first shot cuts to the second, the action matches. For example, when filming our Preliminary Task, we did a Long Shot of the person going to open the door but then an Extreme Close-Up when he actually opens it. When the shot cuts from the Long Shot into the Extreme Close-Up, we had to ensure that the persons hand was the same distance from the door handle.
180 Rule
The 180 Rule is basically where the characters on the screen have the same left/right relation to the camera throughout. If the camera operator moves over this 180 line, it's known as 'Crossing the Line'. It's done to ensure you don't give the audience a false perspective of which way the characters on screen are actually facing.
All of these rules helped during the production of our 2 Minute Film Opening. If we didn't use these rules, then the film would not have continuity, something it has to have if it's to be a successful film.
In the Research and Planning of the Preliminary Task, there wasn't much we could do for the Research part. However in the Planning process, we did plan the whole task out using storyboards, which we also did the same for our Film Opening.
The Construction of both the Preliminary Task and the Film opening were very similar. We used the same technology like the recording cameras and the Apple Macs, and we also used the same software to edit which was Adobe Premiere Pro. The only main difference with the Construction was the size of each project, with the Film Opening we had alot more to Plan, Film and Edit.
The Evaluation process was that which changed the most. The Evaluation of our Preliminary Tasks were to write up some Good/Bad points and how to improve it. With our Film Opening, the Evaluation consisted of mainly 7 different questions that had to be answered in depth, however also things like feedback from the group.
Overall I do think that the skills I needed to complete the Film Opening I advanced from being taught them while doing the Preliminary Task. Such as operating the camera and sound equipment, using the editing software and basic shots learnt in theory based lessons.
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