What have you learned from your

preliminary task?

Camera Angles

In the preliminary task we were limited to basic camera angles and shots such as close up and long shot. However, learning that without a range of shots and angles our media product didn't look professional and it became very monotonous to watch as an audience member.

Editing

Special effects and editing

techniques increase the quality

and appearance of the film. We

can cut/crop footage using final

cut pro. During the editing process

I realised that people had been

caught in the footage during

filming (shown on the right). I

tried to fix this using a cropping

tool, but the footage became

stretched out, making the

appearance of one of the actors

appear very stretched out. From

this I learnt that when filming its

important to be aware of people

that may be passing by, which

often interrupts the dialogue and

distracts the audience from the

film.

Match on action

Match on action connects different views of the same action, i.e. long shot, then close up of someone opening the door, making it seem as if the motion continues- uninterrupted.

A match on action should begin in the first shot and end in the second shot. We tried used this technique in our prelim video when the officer enters the room and we use a long shot, side angle shot and an establishing shot. However, the shots were a bit disjointed and there were people in the shots. Learning from this, I practiced filming the match on action technique and I also re-created the technique through cropping different shots and rearranging them during the editing process.

180 degree rule

The 180-degree rule of shooting

filming involves rotating in a 180

degree angle around the

conversation so that there is

variation in shots and a smooth

camera movement.

When we tried to film a 180 shot

around the conversation, the

movement of the camera wasnt smooth and the shot appeared

shaky. In light of this when we

were filming our opening

sequence we bought a tripod

with wheels so that the shot was

smooth.

Progression

From the preliminary task to our final opening

sequence, I think our opening sequence shows

increase in knowledge of the filming and editing

process. I had a greater awareness of things around

me, paying much more attention to minuscule

details such as objects in the background of

footage and how they might create/deviate from

our intended effect or meaning were trying to create.