PRE-PRODUCTION.

PRELIMINARY EXERCISE: this exercise was to assist us in

gaining the required skills as young producers of a film in order

to be able to integrate a variety of shots, camera angles and to

use continuity editing perfectly . Again, how to set up a camera

properly to avoid the camera from falling off the tripod was

another important part of the preliminary exercise .

We also needed to learn about pre-production skills as well as

post –productions for example , making a storyboard based on

our ideas , writing of a script by using the right formatting tools

and basic editing techniques.

EVALUATION OF THE

PRELIMINARY EXERCISE

Our preliminary exercise made up aware of a whole lot of issues

when it comes to using the camera.

We had problems with the lighting of the camera even though we

wanted a low key lighting to an extend but after our post-production

we realised that the lighting was very bad and it was difficult to

even see the characters . However, we didn’t have any issues with

the continuity editing and we obeyed the 180 degree rule which was

very impressive . The sound was also good and we were able to use

a variety of shots such as long shots ,over the shoulder shots , mid

shots close-ups.

We employed shot reverse shot , match on action and point of

views in our editing techniques.

P H O T O O F T H E B A D L I G H T I N G E X P E R I E N C E S W E

H A D W I T H O U R P R E L I M I N A R Y E X E R C I S E .

PRODUCTION/CONSTRU

CTION

Due to the problems we faced in our preliminary exercise ,we

learnt to be considerate when it comes to making decisions

concerning our main media product.

We decided to choose a location that matches our storyline,

also this location had to be convienient for all the group

members.

We also agreed on a simple costume (school uniform)to

establish how a character is being represented. No special

props were used in this unlike our preliminary.

EDITING

Continuity Editing is the maintenance a logical flow of a sequence . We learnt

about how to make our film to flow seamlessly so that the audience does not notice

constructions from many different angles ad shots.

We used a editing techniques such as shot-reverse shots, reaction shots, match

on action, prevalence,.

I have also learnt that Editing is primarily related to narrative and this helps

influence the audience’s reading of a character and to the extent of empathizing

with the character.

CAMERAWORK

We learnt about a variety of shots such as establishing shots,

long/extreme long shots , high /low angle, pan, Point-of-view shots and

close ups.

I learnt that these shots keeps an audience intrigued and they are

able to interpret or symphathize with the character. E.g a hand held shot

gives a shaky feeling which makes the scene realistic or makes audience

feel like a part of the action and or excitement going on in the film.

We decided on these shots because we wanted our audience to be

able to relate to it.

180 DEGREE RULE

180 DEGREE RULE

I learnt that this rule is often called ‘‘The Line’’ or the ‘’The

line of action’’. An imaginary line that can be drawn between

two characters, and the camera must stay on one side of the

line.

180° rule is essential element of film when it comes to

continuity editing.

RULE OF THIRDS.

I also learnt about the compositional rule of thumb in

visual arts such as photography and painting , however this

is also used in film.

This rule states that an image should be imagined as

divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal

lines and vertical lines.

This helps creates more tension, energy and interest in

the composition than simply centering the subject would.

POST-PRODUCTON

After filming our two – minute opening title sequence we had to do

our editing which we didn’t have much problems with the editing due to

the fact that we did master the editing during our preliminary exercise.

By contrast we had issues with the sound that we had to use. Firstly

we had difficulties deciding on the limited horror soundtracks available in

the editing suite and when we finally found one, it was shorter than the

our opening title sequence .

I learnt to make a soundtrack longer by copying the song and pasting

it in order to gain the length needed but it interfered with our sequence

and we had to re-edit but in the end everything was okay.

POST-PRODUCTION

EVALUATION

From the preliminary exercise through to our final product I

have learnt how to shoot films ,how to set up of cameras

properly, how to use a variety of shots,

I also learnt about the importance the rule of thirds in

continuity editing, and how to edit , add sound effects and

transitions to a film.

The difference between our preliminary exercise and final is

that we were given a storyline for the preliminary but we had to

come up with our own in the final piece.

POST-PRODUCTION EVALUATION

Also we were not able to add a soundtrack to our preliminary

exercise due to the limited time we were given.

The only consistent problem that we faced during the entire

coursework was mainly about agreeing on what time to shoot

since we all had different schedules and it was difficult to agree

on a particular time.

Also during our post production we ran over the time given

and we had to cut some of the shots out .Decisions about what

to omit also became a problem since we found all the shots

useful and important

Generally speaking I have learnt almost everything that I

know about filming in media studies through our practical

aspects of the coursework .

I qm now aware of the issues around filming and the need

to film a scene longer than necessary so that during editing

you will be able cut out of shots and still have enough shot in

a scene.

THANK YOU!!!