Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task.

Fot this task, we were asked to film a small shot which shows the 180 degree rule, our mis-en-scene and two people having a conversation. We chose to do a teacher having a conversation with a student. We showed a range of shots in this video. We first made a story board to make sure we knew what we were doing which was very helpful as we could refer to this when we were filming.

My role in this video was the director and this is where I showed people what to say, do and what should be filmed. I feel that this  was an important role as I had to decide a lot of things that would make the video look good and still show the 180 degree rule too. for the opening we used a panning shot to show the surroundings of the video. I made the characters sit down in this because it made it easier to shoot the 180 rule.

I am happy with the final result, it is a simple video but it still shows a range of different shots including the 180 degree rule. We edited the video to make it run smoother and I think we did this well, however I still think some elements could be improved such as the way the characters were positioned to give it a more professional approach. The shot reverse shot could also been improved as it was a bit edgy in a way. The filming was good overall but I think that we could have been a bit more steady. overall I think we worked very well as a group, I had fun making this video with the others and I think this is important as it makes the chemistry on screen much better. I do think we got on a bit to well though because it took many shots to get the right one as we got carried away slightly. Taking this all into consideration I think we did very well on this task. I would happily do it all over again.

Here are some shots of our video.