Hey,
So, after working pretty darn hard for our final preliminary task, here it is! Enjoy.
Showing posts with label Preliminary Task. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Preliminary Task. Show all posts
Friday, 23 October 2015
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Q6 - Preliminary Evaluation
Hey me again,
So onto the final question of my preliminary evaluation: Evaluate your contribution to the group's work.
What did I actually do?
- Well without a doubt I can say that I worked as a team member, as without our group's ability to work with one another we would have surely failed this task.
- When in our planning phase, I contributed to ideas about the storyboard and how we may be able to achieve the effect we wanted to create.
- I also helped plan our schedule when sorting out when we were going to film & edit etc. We had to make sure we left enough time to edit and possibly re-shoot anything in case it didn't turn out the way we wanted anything to, on screen.
- Along with the rest of the group, I contributed towards directing our film so we filmed exactly what we wanted to at the right angles and achieve the right affect when capturing a certain shot.
- Making sure when we edited our footage we captured our groups ideas we had when we originally planned our storyboard to get our final piece just right.
- Worked with a great team of guys who all were willing to work hard and as a group to ensure success when working on this preliminary task.
Flexibility
- Through a team effort we were able to create a brilliant (if I may say so) final preliminary piece. Without the collective team flexibility of being able to bring in the same clothing, book out the correct equipment, turn up to filming times and what not; We would not have been able to produce the piece that we did. So in terms of flexibility, I can confidently say that my team and I were incredibly flexible in order to achieve our maximum potential throughout the project.
What skills have you gained from doing this?
- There were many skills that I improved upon and harnessed during this project, but also gained some new ones; such as working together in a team to democratically steer the film into the direction that we all wanted.
- Come up with ideas and plan an entire short-film piece was a completely brand new skill that I learnt as I have never done anything like this before.
- Putting ideas together to make one big awesome idea weren't easily done in other projects, however with this task it was something that we had to do in order to make our final piece.
- I've never really worked with a team to create something that took so much effort as this; so seeing the final project unveiled before us after hard work as a group, was very cool. Not exactly a skill I would say but a new concept and experience for me.
How well did our group work?
- If you haven't already gathered that I think my group was brilliant, then I'm afraid you're going to have to read the rest of my answer to this question: As we knew each other already it gave my group and I a head start in terms of confidence speaking to one another to convey ideas. We're all very creative and had worked in a team before so merging our ideas was done with ease. Obviously we'd never worked on a project of this magnitude before, so the learning curve was the same for all of us, which Is why I feel we were able to work so well together because we were all learning at the same pace.
- All of our ideas corresponded well with each other and our group's chemistry and cohesion was excellent. There were no troubles during planning, filming or production and as a whole our team was fantastic. I know we're all excited to begin work on our main task because we know that with out team, we can do anything.
So onto the final question of my preliminary evaluation: Evaluate your contribution to the group's work.
What did I actually do?
- Well without a doubt I can say that I worked as a team member, as without our group's ability to work with one another we would have surely failed this task.
- When in our planning phase, I contributed to ideas about the storyboard and how we may be able to achieve the effect we wanted to create.
- I also helped plan our schedule when sorting out when we were going to film & edit etc. We had to make sure we left enough time to edit and possibly re-shoot anything in case it didn't turn out the way we wanted anything to, on screen.
- Along with the rest of the group, I contributed towards directing our film so we filmed exactly what we wanted to at the right angles and achieve the right affect when capturing a certain shot.
- Making sure when we edited our footage we captured our groups ideas we had when we originally planned our storyboard to get our final piece just right.
- Worked with a great team of guys who all were willing to work hard and as a group to ensure success when working on this preliminary task.
Flexibility
- Through a team effort we were able to create a brilliant (if I may say so) final preliminary piece. Without the collective team flexibility of being able to bring in the same clothing, book out the correct equipment, turn up to filming times and what not; We would not have been able to produce the piece that we did. So in terms of flexibility, I can confidently say that my team and I were incredibly flexible in order to achieve our maximum potential throughout the project.
What skills have you gained from doing this?
- There were many skills that I improved upon and harnessed during this project, but also gained some new ones; such as working together in a team to democratically steer the film into the direction that we all wanted.
- Come up with ideas and plan an entire short-film piece was a completely brand new skill that I learnt as I have never done anything like this before.
- Putting ideas together to make one big awesome idea weren't easily done in other projects, however with this task it was something that we had to do in order to make our final piece.
- I've never really worked with a team to create something that took so much effort as this; so seeing the final project unveiled before us after hard work as a group, was very cool. Not exactly a skill I would say but a new concept and experience for me.
How well did our group work?
- If you haven't already gathered that I think my group was brilliant, then I'm afraid you're going to have to read the rest of my answer to this question: As we knew each other already it gave my group and I a head start in terms of confidence speaking to one another to convey ideas. We're all very creative and had worked in a team before so merging our ideas was done with ease. Obviously we'd never worked on a project of this magnitude before, so the learning curve was the same for all of us, which Is why I feel we were able to work so well together because we were all learning at the same pace.
- All of our ideas corresponded well with each other and our group's chemistry and cohesion was excellent. There were no troubles during planning, filming or production and as a whole our team was fantastic. I know we're all excited to begin work on our main task because we know that with out team, we can do anything.
Q5 - Preliminary Evaluation
Hey,
Another group reviewed our final product and came to this conclusion:
Another group reviewed our final product and came to this conclusion:
Positives
- Continuity
- Shot types i.e. the sweat one and track close up
-Audio - heartbeat, clock ticking and tension effects
Negatives
- Expand on the plot
- Shot reverse shots were a bit slow
- Dialogue audio levels
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Monday, 19 October 2015
Q1 - Preliminary Evaluation
Hey, me again;
Our preliminary task is done and dusted and I know our group really enjoyed making it.
The first step of our evaluation is answering this question: What have you learned during the making of your preliminary task?
- Technical Aspects
In terms of equipment, everything was brand new to our team. I was somewhat familiar with using cameras as I have my own FUIJI camera at home. I haven't however ever used it for filming, so this entire project was a learning experience for all of us; practical things like mounting the camera onto the tripods and mounting the camera on the shoulder mount was something we had never done before and therefore something we had learnt. For the more technical side of things like editing, it was also a learning curve however not a huge one; for me personally it wasn't that brand new as I have used editing programs before and know what to do when it comes to editing. Although, I have never used any of the Adobe CC programs so getting to grips with those programs was also a new experience for me.
- Time Management & Storyboarding
As we were working within a deadline, my team and I had to co-ordinate and plan our filming & editing time allocation. So, in order for us to complete our preliminary task within the given time span, our time management skills had to be put to use. The first few lessons we used to plan out our filming schedule and complete our storyboard. Once completed, we used our storyboard as an outline for the shots we wanted to capture and the story we wanted to produce with the footage. Finally we decided our last week before the deadline would be used for editing and finalising our footage.
- Group Work and Issues regarding Continuity
Right from the start we knew we'd have to decide who was doing what, and we quickly decided that we will all have a say on the production and capturing as after all, it was our group project and we would all be involved within it. Although only two of us were involved in the actual acting, the work behind the camera was vital to getting the shots we wanted to get the right effect and convey our planned story. The editing was also a team effort in it's handling so that we could all have a say in the final product and see our efforts put together on screen. Continuity wasn't really an issue for our team, as arrogant as that sounds, we had prepared for the constant movement of camera positions and change in clothing so that we knew right from the word go what we wanted to do and how we were going to do it. Common issues such as clothing, mise-en-scene and position weren't present for us as we had planned to combat these issues back when we were still in the planning phase.
Overall I am quite confident my group and I learnt a lot from this experience and are confident going into the main task. For myself especially, I know that I have benefited from this task and am now assured that we can complete the main task without too much trouble.
Our preliminary task is done and dusted and I know our group really enjoyed making it.
The first step of our evaluation is answering this question: What have you learned during the making of your preliminary task?
- Technical Aspects
In terms of equipment, everything was brand new to our team. I was somewhat familiar with using cameras as I have my own FUIJI camera at home. I haven't however ever used it for filming, so this entire project was a learning experience for all of us; practical things like mounting the camera onto the tripods and mounting the camera on the shoulder mount was something we had never done before and therefore something we had learnt. For the more technical side of things like editing, it was also a learning curve however not a huge one; for me personally it wasn't that brand new as I have used editing programs before and know what to do when it comes to editing. Although, I have never used any of the Adobe CC programs so getting to grips with those programs was also a new experience for me.
- Time Management & Storyboarding
As we were working within a deadline, my team and I had to co-ordinate and plan our filming & editing time allocation. So, in order for us to complete our preliminary task within the given time span, our time management skills had to be put to use. The first few lessons we used to plan out our filming schedule and complete our storyboard. Once completed, we used our storyboard as an outline for the shots we wanted to capture and the story we wanted to produce with the footage. Finally we decided our last week before the deadline would be used for editing and finalising our footage.
- Group Work and Issues regarding Continuity
Right from the start we knew we'd have to decide who was doing what, and we quickly decided that we will all have a say on the production and capturing as after all, it was our group project and we would all be involved within it. Although only two of us were involved in the actual acting, the work behind the camera was vital to getting the shots we wanted to get the right effect and convey our planned story. The editing was also a team effort in it's handling so that we could all have a say in the final product and see our efforts put together on screen. Continuity wasn't really an issue for our team, as arrogant as that sounds, we had prepared for the constant movement of camera positions and change in clothing so that we knew right from the word go what we wanted to do and how we were going to do it. Common issues such as clothing, mise-en-scene and position weren't present for us as we had planned to combat these issues back when we were still in the planning phase.
Overall I am quite confident my group and I learnt a lot from this experience and are confident going into the main task. For myself especially, I know that I have benefited from this task and am now assured that we can complete the main task without too much trouble.
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Storyboard
Hey there,
This blog post will be pretty short. It's basically our storyboard. (Please excuse the terrible drawings as our main, globally-recognised, production-company-standard artist wasn't present. So we had to make-due)
NOTE: Each storyboard has camera angle comments and any effects we wish to implement written down next to them.
Friday, 18 September 2015
Preliminary Task
Hello,
For our upcoming preliminary task, we have to plan, film and edit a short film segment involving a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue.
Within the task we have to demonstrate how to perform match on action, shot/reverse shot, and the 180-degree rule. Accomplishing each of these are tasks within themselves.
Match on Action
- Matching on action refers to film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action.
Shot/Reverse Shot
- Shot/reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.
180-degree Rule
- An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters, and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character is always frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first.
My group consists of three people; Daniel Winn (Actor/Editor), Dane Buckley (Cameraman/Editor) and myself, Daniel Haywood (Architectural Director/Editor). We feel we should all have a hand in the planning, storyboarding & editing as at the end of the day, it's our project and we should all decide collectively how the story pans out and how to edit the footage.
We feel that if we work cohesively and as a team, we can make a great piece of footage and really prepare ourselves for our main task.
For our upcoming preliminary task, we have to plan, film and edit a short film segment involving a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue.
Within the task we have to demonstrate how to perform match on action, shot/reverse shot, and the 180-degree rule. Accomplishing each of these are tasks within themselves.
Match on Action
- Matching on action refers to film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action.
Shot/Reverse Shot
- Shot/reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.
180-degree Rule
- An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters, and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character is always frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first.
My group consists of three people; Daniel Winn (Actor/Editor), Dane Buckley (Cameraman/Editor) and myself, Daniel Haywood (Architectural Director/Editor). We feel we should all have a hand in the planning, storyboarding & editing as at the end of the day, it's our project and we should all decide collectively how the story pans out and how to edit the footage.
We feel that if we work cohesively and as a team, we can make a great piece of footage and really prepare ourselves for our main task.
Camera Angles & Practice
Hello again,
Last week my group & I took a series of photographs which included a variety of camera angels. Here they are; within each shot we’ve thought carefully about the positioning and the angle to present the best type of shot relative to the situation.
Last week my group & I took a series of photographs which included a variety of camera angels. Here they are; within each shot we’ve thought carefully about the positioning and the angle to present the best type of shot relative to the situation.
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