PRELIMINARYTask Evaluation by Adam Wilton

The task overall was good by the book, we didn’t break any rules and managed to abide by the standards set, We had the scene progress, someone walked in, sat down, we exchanged a few bits of dialogue and ended, we edited the video appropriately and we made sure we was true to the 180 degree rule etc.

Obstacles and issues- we had a few things to overcome, one was the furniture, the room we was in had lots of tables in and we had to awkwardly manoeuvre the camera in order to get the right angles and keep to the rules, but we persevered! We had the issue of also finding an appropriate room to film in during the time we had, this caused a few logistical problems as we all had different free lessons and when we was all together we were hard put to actually find a room, however we did find one and we again managed to pull it off! The last issue we had was the editing, we were put to our limits in order to find the best software to edit together our video, there were hardly any computers in the school that would do it, but we eventually managed to find one and put together the final piece.

Improvements- in order to improve, we needed to find a more soundproof room, we noticed when watching it back that there was a fair bit of background noise that invades the clip, also we didn’t have much dialogue, one of the characters talks for about 0.4 seconds all together, not imputing a lot so we could have a larger script, could of found a bigger room, it was very hard getting the right angles while at the same time keeping our balance and not falling over, and the lighting was very bright so we could tone it down with blinds or curtains for a better quality image. The door nearly hit the camera at the start which if it did, would of led to a funny but expensive accident, we need to do better editing, we had never done it before and as you can tell through the video, we aren’t the best. Also due to time constraints we was unable to film the entire thing in one sitting, hence the last scene where the person is walking out, he has had a haircut and the room looks different.

Tutorials- I used a couple of camera tutorials to help with the task, so it would look professionally done, these were https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICcE72RwEyc and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1japIhKU9I

Lessons learned- To find a large room with a good level of lighting, plan everything ahead so we don’t run out of time, keep the scene the same through out to avoid any continuity issues and to have a larger and better script for a good dialogue, also to watch a few more tutorials so the video will have better looks and the editing will be much smoother allowing for a professional look all over.

link to preliminary- http://wiltonaasportfolio7498.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/preliminary-task-this-is-video-of.html