Task 2 - Prelim Evaluation

Prelim Evaluation

What went well and how we can improve...

• Which skills do you think you were particularly good at and which you were less good at?

The skills I think I was good at during the prelim process was the editing part of it - mainly the part where as a group we were taking turns with the match cut editing to ensure the prelim film matched well and went by swiftly. The part I feel like I was less good at was with the actual filming process - especially with the fig rig. This is because I haven't got steady hands therefore, when I held the fig rig with the camera on it to film a perspective shot it didn't go as well as we wanted it to so we cancelled that part out and thought of another way we can do the perspective shot. 

• Which aspects of the completed film do you think worked well and which were less successful? 

I think the part that we were specifically the best at as a group and which worked out very well visually once we watched over it was the first scene - which was the door scene. In this scene we used a variety of different camera shots which were: back shot, long shot, close up - specifically of the hand on the door handle and we then finished up that scene with another medium back shot. The match cut of this worked really well and was particularly one of my favourite parts of the whole completed prelim film and the process of it. One of the parts that didn't work as well as we wanted it to was probably the conversation scene as we didn't have enough time to have a longer conversation so therefore, the dialogue was quite short but also the camera angle during the conversation scene was at quite an awkward place as a bit of the two people who were talking's - one of them being me - head was cut off a bit. Thus, I think next time we film a scene that has dialogue in it with the actors sitting down, the camera should be placed a little more farther back.

• What changes would you make if you were to complete the project again?

One of the biggest changes I would make is probably the conversation scene as I mentioned above purely due to the fact that that was one scene that we didn't carefully think about and plan therefore, the dialogue was short and also the camera was too close. 

• What have you learned about the importance of storyboarding and shot-lists that you can use when you plan your big production piece?

I have learned that storyboarding is actually a very important step to complete before filming as it provides you with a clear structure using visual images of what you are supposed to do without having to cut filming to think about it - and essentially waste time.

Attached is our completed Prelim film which is what this evaluation is for: 

17. PRELIM Selin Ryanna Can Morgan from 283goswell on Vimeo.