Brief for the preliminary task:
‘Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanged a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.’
Brief for main task:
‘The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.’
Why did we do the prelim task beforehand, and what did it teach me?
The prelim task provided us with some experience of shooting and filming a sequence; especially for me since I haven’t done media in GCSE so everything was new to me. We had to focus on the main theory of filming; continuity. It made us realise how much you need to consider when filming. Also we were able to go through editing process, still applying the continuity rules. This taught us how important it was to cut shots together to make a sequence flow seamlessly and make it easy to understand, but also appealing to the audience
‘Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanged a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.’
Brief for main task:
‘The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.’
Why did we do the prelim task beforehand, and what did it teach me?
The prelim task provided us with some experience of shooting and filming a sequence; especially for me since I haven’t done media in GCSE so everything was new to me. We had to focus on the main theory of filming; continuity. It made us realise how much you need to consider when filming. Also we were able to go through editing process, still applying the continuity rules. This taught us how important it was to cut shots together to make a sequence flow seamlessly and make it easy to understand, but also appealing to the audience
Example match on action in our prelim:
Pre-production:
The prelim task helped me to learn that story-boarding is a key part of pre-production, and is definitely needed during production, to make shooting times quicker, easier, and more efficient. We took it a step further by making an animation which really helped us see the flow of how our production would be like; but also help with the post-production later on.
The prelim task helped me to learn that story-boarding is a key part of pre-production, and is definitely needed during production, to make shooting times quicker, easier, and more efficient. We took it a step further by making an animation which really helped us see the flow of how our production would be like; but also help with the post-production later on.
Our prelim and main task were organised the same way; having location, story, script etc. However in our main task we had to also present a treatment which was presented to our teacher. Only if it sounded completely organised and clear, we were given the green light and moved on to planning of production and production itself.
We had one complication to our original idea, we wanted to film in Hollywood as we was staying at a nice hotel and thought it would be a great location however when filming we had not done a run through so we had a slow start and not alot of time but also we found out we was not allowed to shoot there. This definately taught us to be more organised in our next shoot and having gone through the scene and making sure everything is in order and in place. Most importantly getting access to filmming in our choosen location. Just like a real film industry would have to do if filming off site of their studios.
So from the pre-production of the prelim and the final project, I learnt that planning is key and essential to make production go smoothly and without any complications, and the use of storyboarding and location are very important. As this is what the outside film industries would have to go through.
Anna Francis Natasha Shot ListProduction:
The most important thing that I learnt from the production of the prelim task in my opinion is the issue of time. We had a very tight schedule to film all our shots for our prelim, and this knowledge of time management helped in the shooting of our final project. Except our main task was on a bigger scale meaning it would require more effort on keeping time which we did find a bit difficult as things went wrong or something was missing. The prelim also helped us know exactly how to film without supervision taking care of equipment and shooting the perfect shots when it came to the main task, as we were all experienced with the equipment .
NEED TO INSERT BEHIND SCENES VIDEOThe most important thing that I learnt from the production of the prelim task in my opinion is the issue of time. We had a very tight schedule to film all our shots for our prelim, and this knowledge of time management helped in the shooting of our final project. Except our main task was on a bigger scale meaning it would require more effort on keeping time which we did find a bit difficult as things went wrong or something was missing. The prelim also helped us know exactly how to film without supervision taking care of equipment and shooting the perfect shots when it came to the main task, as we were all experienced with the equipment .
The prelim also gave us the knowledge of shot order, and which shots to film first. For our prelim, we did everything in chronologically order but we had knowledge of situations when you would change this. We did most of our shots in our main task chronologically however there was some were we changed order as it was easier as it had the same set up. This helped us to plan our real shoot, saving us time changing set up all the time.
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| Example of our Shot Logs |
We also learnt how to use lights which also needed different set up so this was new but from our prelim experience we didn’t have much problems at all; being able to plan a shot plan to help minimise set ups.
I have learnt to be more organised, and deal with situations when things go wrong, keeping it moving smoothly.
I have learnt to be more organised, and deal with situations when things go wrong, keeping it moving smoothly.
Post-production:
Editing our prelim task was beneficial for our final project as it not only familiarised us with how to use Adobe Premiere, but also reminded us of all the continuity rules and how important they are to produce a seamless narrative. The animation also helped us as we had placed the timing for each shot so it saved us time when actually coming to edit. The editing of the prelim task was pretty basic, as all we needed to do was cut up the shots and place them in the right order; no particular editing techniques were needed or special effects or titles.
Editing our prelim task was beneficial for our final project as it not only familiarised us with how to use Adobe Premiere, but also reminded us of all the continuity rules and how important they are to produce a seamless narrative. The animation also helped us as we had placed the timing for each shot so it saved us time when actually coming to edit. The editing of the prelim task was pretty basic, as all we needed to do was cut up the shots and place them in the right order; no particular editing techniques were needed or special effects or titles.
I think that was the main difference between the prelim and the main task: the new different editing techniques. I think I learnt a lot during the editing sessions of our final project, and I have progressed a lot in the use of different software. I now know how to use different colour grading tools in Adobe Premiere, and how to make titles using Live Type, although we had shown how to use it during our prelim but we never used it. We also learnt houw to use effects to make the film look more realistic.
Teamwork:
The prelim task also further increased my confidence and teamwork skills, which was vital in our final project. I am new in this school so working with them in the prelim helped me realise how they worked and how to approach them. I came confident and expressed my ideas more so that we got the best ideas from everyone. We was able to learn how to split the work and get everything done on time. We saw how much effort each person had to put as it was a team effort. We also found that if everyone did their task we could enjoy the task more, which I felt my group did, successfully making an opening sequence that we are all proud of.
The prelim task also further increased my confidence and teamwork skills, which was vital in our final project. I am new in this school so working with them in the prelim helped me realise how they worked and how to approach them. I came confident and expressed my ideas more so that we got the best ideas from everyone. We was able to learn how to split the work and get everything done on time. We saw how much effort each person had to put as it was a team effort. We also found that if everyone did their task we could enjoy the task more, which I felt my group did, successfully making an opening sequence that we are all proud of.
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