Preliminary Task !

Preliminary Task.

This is my very first filming in Media Studies. I thought it went pretty well and i enjoyed every moment of this. Being able to see what has to go on during the making of a film, this includes editing and making sure which all the different scenes fit together. There was 3 people in our group, Jack Coley who was our main Director, Hayley Woodland and me who played the main characters, Hayley was the Managering Director and then i was the Employee.

The most difficult part we came to realise was when we changed rooms, as you can see when i enter the room there is no sign against the door, which says 'Hayley Woodland, Managering Director.' We didn't know that we had made this mistake until we had started to edit. I remember me and Hayley laughing because we couldn't believe what we had done. 

The different shots we tried to work with was a 'Pan Shot' which is where you follow a preson as they movie. A 'Extreme Close Up' which was used with the knocking of the door. When it came to editing we added 'Non-Digetic' sounds was the music and also the intercone which Jack did. Another editing we did was adding 'Transitions' to the movie, an example of this is the ending where we used a 'Fade To Black.' 

 

The Non-Digetic sounds we thought should have been upbeat, so the audience knows something is about to happen. Also because it makes peoples tension rise as they are waiting for what happens next.

The most difficult part of our Perliminary Task, was the pan. This was because we couldn't keep the camera still enough whenever we tried to turn it. As a result of this when it came to editing we decided to make the shot more smoother, this resulting in it missing my head off as i'm walking down the hallway. When me and Hayley realised this we were a little annoyed and we were debating whether to try and redo the shot just one more, but in the end sir said it was ok and to leave it.

Another shot we found difficult was getting the speed right as i'm going up the stairs, we did lots of retakes for this, trying to determine how fast i should walk. We also had the problem of people walking past knowing that we were filming, this annoyed us a little because we would have to redue this section one again.

Another thing Me and Hayley found difficult was the disagreement we are meant to have. The main reason why this took a few takes is because Hayley would look at Jack or he would do something which would make her smile. This in total took about 7 takes when it should have only taken about 3. But this is one thing we learned when it comes to making a real movie, there will be a lot of laughs in the beginning.

The section which was the easiest was the very begining where Hayley yells for Jack to 'Send Her In' this only required one shot which we was happy with because it meant we could move on to the next part.