Preliminary Task

1) At a micro technical level, how well did you observe the conventions of continuity and the language of editing?

Our scene involved two students who attend the same sixth form sitting opposite each other having a brief exchange of words about how one of them has "snitched" on the other. We demonstrated match on action when Evans opened the door to enter the scene. We cut from a POV shot of Evans pushing the door open to a wide shot from inside the room of the door swinging open. These two shots were seamless. We also used match on action at the point when Evans slams his phone down on the table in anger after cutting from over the shoulder shot of the two students. We demonstrated shot reverse shot when the two students were exchanging conversation by keeping on switching the over shoulder shots from over one students shoulder to the other.

2) What were you pleased with? What seems to work well and why?

I was very happy with the seamless editing that we did. The editing really gave the whole video a very smooth and refined finished which made it look very professional. Also the match on action was presented very nicely during the video and is the use of it is evident. When Evans throws the bag from the sofa he was going to sit on was captured beautifully and executed perfectly. The over the shoulder shots are smooth and seamless. Also we kept the 180 degree rule in mind for whole duration of the conversation. The audience won’t have any doubts or misconceptions on where or the actors are facing or speaking to.

3) What mistakes did you make? What would have done differently?

I think that our lighting whilst filming could have been better if we had acquired an external light or had been in another room with a window that lets the sun be the light. The room we filmed in was too dark and it was hard to see the actor’s faces. I also think the dialogue could be a little longer making the conversation better to watch on screen because it was a little vague.

4) How did you manage the group dynamics equipment and resources?

We had limited resource like the battery length was quite small so we would have to take breaks in between the shooting to charge the camera battery. Also the people in my group were new to Ernest Bevin so i had never spoke to them before therefore i had to get to know them in order for our group to be as successful as possible. Also our camera we were filming with was not the best quality so we had to move some lights and props around to create the best view for audiences despite the poor camera quality.

5) What problems did you encounter logistically?

We had some issues with everyone coming to film at the same time because one day a person in the group would be off sick therefore we would have to re schedule the shooting. However that was the only problem because the whole group stuck to the shooting schedule with great punctuality.