Hello!
This is just a quick post to tell you our thoughts on our preliminary task. It won't be in one hundred percent detail only because we want to go into more detail in our overall evaluation.
Firstly, we tried to use several different shots in our film. This includes a match on action, a close-up and a shot reverse shot. We thought this would give the film diversity and make it different from everyone elses. We also tried to stick to the 180 degree rule which I think we did very well. We got some feedback from the class and this was one of the things that they pointed out as us using very well. They also said that they enjoyed the establishing shot of me and Kath at the table because it set up the conversation and was a really nice opening shot to the film. A couple of things they didn't like was the fact that our close-up was too close. We checked this and discovered that it was true. We accidently cut Kath's thumbs up off and the top of my head. This is something to consider for our Thriller opening.
A few things that I thought we could have improved on was making the frames at the start a few seconds longer. I thought the frames were a bit too short and you couldn't see the start of the match-on-action shot. Also the fact that Kath looked like she was walking from nowhere looked very odd. We could have used a longer shot to establish where Kath was walking from.
We learnt that we can use slower shots in our films and also that we should use a bigger variety of shots in our film.
Hopefully the other two should post comments about their thoughts on our preliminary task!
I think we showed our knowledge of different shot types quite well in our film, we used close ups, mid range shots, 2 shots and pans to name a few, however we could have added in an extreme close up and prehaps a long shot to add more variety and show our understanding of shot types better!
ReplyDeleteI feel the continuity throughout our clip was excellent, the conversation all flows well and fits together and each shot links on from the last one convincingly. The only time we could have improved the continuity, and also the match on action would have been when Kath walks through the door, it needed a few more frames taken out to make it match perfectly but of course this is something we can remember throughout the editing of our thriller to ensure we improve.
We stuck to the 180 degree rule throughout the clip, and since this is the first time we have ever used this rule I feel we stuck to the rule well!
Aspects we could have improved on or think about throughout the filming and editing of our thriller are; using a wider range of shots, and adding in high and low angles and prehaps tilt shots if appropriate. Also we could have added in more dialogue to test our abilities to come up with more interesting ways to film the ongoing conversation.
Yaaaay :D