Preliminary task - Miss Georgiou

My group consists of three members; Me, Vasil Nikolov and Daniella Cross. We were set to do a preliminary task to show our current skills and so we can analyse what we did well and what we did wrong. Our task involved one person entering a room sitting down opposite another and having a short conversation. We used different camera angles to portray who was speaking and who was the dominant character.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrdoESQ6ipM

From this preliminary task we learnt how to use the camera effectively and how to set up a tripod, this then allows us to use a tripod when doing our own thriller which lets us get a steady shot when filming. We also learnt how to use different camera angles to portray the authorities of each character and to show who is talking at that moment in time. In addition we also learnt not to put the camera in a position which doesn't allow us to see vital things in our clip, for example if we need to see both characters faces/bodies we will not place the camera behind one of the characters as we can only see one characters face. We also learnt how to use an editing programme to cut and crop our different clips to make a smooth transaction from one clip to another. For example if we wanted to do a shot reverse shot we would not want poor editing as the shot wouldn't have an effect on the audience and wouldn't really show the emotion of the scene. When editing my clips I found it difficult to edit at 0:15-0:17 when we had 2 clips that needed to be edited together because we did not have enough footage to make the two clips blend together well, this was because we did not have much time to film our work so we could only film certain clips and not others. In addition I also found it hard to edit at when we had to edit another two clips together and again didn't have enough footage to make the editing move smoothly. When doing my thriller opening I will film as much footage as I can, as I have a lot of time to do so, which would then allow me to edit the clips to make the transactions look smooth. Another problem we had was when trying to pan the camera we also had to pan downwards when Vasil went to sat down, this was because we couldn't move the camera down and across at the same time so we had to pan across then down and it doesn't look very good.

This preliminary task will allow to me have an engaging and dramatic opening thriller sequence as I can analyse the preliminary task and look at what I did wrong and change it for my main task. This will then improve my work and then I can have an opening scene which will create shock, surprise and suspense. I can also look at what I did well and then use that in my final idea as i know what I created was good and will give me confidence in my new idea.