Preliminary Excercise

Our preliminary exercise was the first video we created we were in a group of 4 containing me Kamal,Dillan and Charlie and Nicola. To practice using the camera's we were set the task of filming a short sequence including one character opening a door,walking into the room, sitting down with another character with whom they have a short conversation.

The main task was to make sure there was continuity throughout the sequence, so this meant using the 180 degree line rule, match on action and a couple of shot/reverse shots, when filming we also had to make sure everything was in the same position if we changed where the camera was (for example in a shot/reverse shot, making sure a folder was in the same place in the second shot as it was in the first, and the rest of the sequence).

It wasn't particularly easy and Jon was able to notice some small things that we hadn't picked on, the change of hair, or placement of a hand.
If the production didn't have quite a clear continuity the production looks cheap and very amateur. We had to re shoot some shots, this was because we had people walking through the shots as it was in the college hallways, or the sound of people talking, murmuring, so the microphone had to be put to better use for a level sound quality.

Our storyline is a teenage boy ring his friend while walking down the hallway to meet his friend to see which room he's in, he walks into the room, he sits down behind a table, with his friend on the other side then offers him a mint.
The audience feedback went well, our narrative and dialogue was simple, therefore easy to interpret what was happening on screen. As alot of us weren't quite sure what was good and what wasn't we didnt recieve much critisism as we were all around the same level of skill.

We used the 'Keep It Simple Stupid' using basic camera shots, such as mid shots, closeups and panning it helped us too keep it very simple, without confusing ourselves with trying to incorporate difficult shots for us and the viewer. During editing of the video we realised we'd have to leave handles and during our next productions had to improve on that, the meaning of handles was too leave a few seconds before and after the shot, this makes it easier to fit together with other shots, if you weren't too leave handles the production would end up very rough, short, and wouldnt flow well.