Preliminary feedback

TASK. The preliminary task for us to get into groups of no more than four members and to film a sequence with a character walking across a room, opening a door and exchanging a few lines of dialogue with another character. Also, we had to incorporate the following film techniques: 180 degree rule, match-on-action and shot-reverse-shot. The 180-degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. Cutting on action or matching on action refers to film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action. 

Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. 

  

WWW. Our group incorporated the 180 degree rule which made sure that the audience wouldn't be disorientated. Furthermore, our group also incorporated match-on-action in our production to make the transitions feel more natural and also allows the scene to flow very nicely. During our planning, we completed the script of our production to according to the correct format which made it seem very authentic. Also we included a shot list which allowed our group to work more efficiently during the filming as we had pre-planned what we were going to do. We also completed a story board. This transferred our ideas of the scene on to paper which allowed our group to work more creatively. Our group filmed the footage in the drama studio so it enabled us create low-key lighting which made the scene feel and seem more sinister.   

EBI. In order to improve our production we should have focused our camera better. This would allow our production to be clearer and look more professional as the footage would be easier for the audience to see. Also, the sound quality of our production could also have been clearer. We could have done this by using the mic provided instead of relying on the internal camera microphone. However, being better organised could have sorted the situation with the microphone as we should have got the microphone that was low batter back and have got it replaced. Furthermore, our production should have followed the brief of opening a door and walking across the room however we did involve a dialogue which was part of the task. Moreover, we could have followed and completed the shot list that we had constructed. This could have enabled our production to have a variety of shots which could have improved our production dramatically.