Preliminary Task Evaluation

Aim of preliminary task: to prepare for opening film sequence.

Group: Josephine, Terry, Myrin & I.

Firstly to get the concept of what a preliminary task is, we studied other school's tasks via websites such as Youtube. We took into context all the different camera angles that the students used for instance the 180 degree rule, and camera shots such as the shot reverse shot & long distance shot, so that we could collect ideas of what we as a group could interpret into our own preliminary task. Despite looking at camera shots & angles, we also observed the many techniques of editing such as the match cut, wipe cut & jump cut to see what techniques we could incorporate into our task.

Secondly, as a group, we devised a mind map & discussed the possible themes for our preliminary task, resulting in the theme of spies. After this had been done, we began to prepare our storyline/board and during this process, we made a few adjustments including changing the location from inside to outside the building. This was done as we didn't want any interruptions while filming, and also we decided it would be a better location as it we would have more options of locational shots outside rather than in. As well as this, we also decided to locate part of our story in a nearby cafe on the high street. The initial reason behind this decision was that we wanted to be adventurous & imaginative, rather than be confined in school.

Soon enough, the filming for our preliminary task began, in which we have named Pokerface. Our first session of filming was shot within an hour, through terrible weather conditions; it was raining very heavily and there was some strong winds. Because of this, and also due to the fact that we were unhappy about the outcome of our footage, we had no other alternative but to re-shoot at another date. Nevertheless, our second session of filming went well & we were indeed pleased with the outcomes as the weather was fine, and we were allowed to film in the cafe for a second time. However, we did make small changes to our storyline such as taking out a scene where there spies have to run & when the spies are making an exit out of a building (the school building).

Furthermore, our pre-production process & production went rather well, and this has given us the skill and stepping stone we need to make our Opening title sequence.