2. Prelim Evaluation

I managed to learn a few skills during this activity, skills that I have never really tried before. One of the skills I think that everybody was good at was team work. I managed to get along with my group and contributed by putting forth my ideas as well as taking part in the tasks. I didn't find planning it difficult since everybody has many ideas and they were all considered. During the filming, I learnt a lot about the different shots and how they can change everything and make things much more effective. I particularly liked filming because I didn't find it too difficult and was at ease with it. However I did have trouble editing. I'm not very good at editing. I know what needs to be edited and how it should be edited and what changes should be made but I can't physically do them. This is the one thing that I struggled with and would like to improve.

My group was very successful in the making of our short film. We managed to show a person walking through the door through tracking. There was conversation between the two characters, well more like a heated argument which worked really well. We also managed to keep it in the 180 degree rule while also using shot reverse shot and match cuts. I think that the shots we used worked very well together and were effective. We knew which shots would work best with each scene and were successful with that.

If I could complete the project again then I would try to make the different scenes flow more well together seeing as some of the scenes were too jumpy when combined together. I would also change the distance above the head because in one of the scenes there was too much head space.

I found that story boarding was indeed very useful because it created a physical image of what we wanted our piece to look like and we could imagine it more clearly. It also helps us to remember the order of it and to see if it flows. Also noting down the shot lists is incredibly helpful because it makes it easier when it comes to filming because we don't have too spend too much time deciding what shot to use.