This is the preliminary task, i was in a group of 4 and we were given a script which we had to film. The actors in the clip were part of our group, we had to use people from our group because we only had an hour to film the scene so we didn't have enough time to find other people to act.
In the piece I created with my group, continuity was demonstrated really poorly. For example a time when continuity was bad was when Jenny walked into the bar and was supposed to walk to her seat and sit down, but we cut when she was on the way to her seat then the next clip she was shown sitting down even though she wasn’t seen sitting down in her chair. The reason for this poor continuity is because when we filmed Jenny walking in she didn’t realise she had to sit down and just stopped and we did not film that part again so when it came to editing we had to cut part of the scene out so it looked badly edited.
We demonstrated shot reverse shot when both characters are sitting down and the camera switches from person to person when they are having a conversation. This editing technique is helpful because it makes it clear to the audience who is speaking and as the shot is a close up you can clearly see what facial expressions the have, this is obviously important for the audience to see as they can understand what mood the character is in and what feeling they have towards the other person talking.
We also demonstrated the 180-degree rule which is used because we didn’t film from behind the characters and when they were sitting down we were positioned in front of them just with each camera at different angles. This editing technique is helpful because it does not confuse the audience of where they are seeing the action from as they are always in front and makes them feel more comfortable as they stay in the same place.
My group worked very well together as we listened to each other’s views and suggestions and we all had an input into the production. Everyone was comfortable doing what they were doing and no one felt pressured to do something they didn’t want to.
If I were to film this piece again I would improve on the continuity as we demonstrated it very poorly and I would check I had enough shots which I could use so when I had to edit It I could choose the best shot instead of only having one bad shot and having to use it because I didn’t have any others to choose from. I would also use a bigger variation of shots like an extreme close up to see what was being handed over and a high angle wide shot to see where exactly they were.
I don’t think as a group we planned our video well as most of us didn’t finish our storyboard and we just went straight into filming the piece. I think we needed more time on our storyboards because it was our first piece of filming to do and we needed more time to plan what shots we were going to do when. Also because it was our first piece of filming we were more excited about getting going and filming it we didn’t think about the positioning of characters and cameras well enough as on some of our footage we had a camera in the clip and one of the characters standing up when they should have been sitting down.
In our piece we tried to add transitions in between the scenes but the program wouldn’t let us do that so we just left the piece with no transitions in. I think it is a good thing that there are no transitions because the piece is just of a conversation so we used shot reverse shot so putting transitions between the shots would have made the piece look really unprofessional and tacky because there is no need to include transitions then. However the title and credits both scroll up the screen so it looks like transitions have been used there which looks quite good.
Whilst doing this piece I have learnt the basics of the software but we had to ask our classmate how to add music which I now know how to do. However no one in the class knew how to crop the scene so we could not crop out people standing in the room which should not have been in the shot. It was hard using the software as it was new to everyone and we all had to figure the software out step by step.
From this piece of work I have learnt that you should learn how to use the software you need before editing because things go wrong easily when you do not know how to use it. Also I have learnt that you should save your work regularly as the software isn’t always very reliable and could crash quite easily. In addition I have learnt that editing can take very long if you have to wait for the software to export clips and save.
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