As media preliminary task evaluation

AS Media Preliminary Task Evaluation

By Ore

What was your role in the preliminary task?

During the course of the task I took the role of the director hence the reason why I did not star in the short film. I came up with the idea and theme of the short film with the help of my group. My job as the director was to film amongst other things, I handled all the camera work and worked with my group to edit our shots. Whilst filming I was sure to direct my group in the right direction in terms of what to say and where to be at certain times.

How did you find the process of planning through to production?

Before we began the filming process, the group and I had to plan. The planning process consisted of us coming up with the theme/plot of the task. We also had to write a proposal as well as distribute the roles to one another. After coming up with the theme, we had to draw a storyboard and had to take pictures of the areas we would be based at during the filming process. The planning process did not take as long as I thought it would which I was pleased about however the filming and editing process proved quite difficult at times. The filming process was a little challenging because I had only just learnt about the shots (match on match action) and having to carry out the different shots slowed us down however in the end we managed to get good shots to edit. After the filming process came the editing process, editing all our shots was not difficult once we knew how to do it. At first we struggled because the programme we were asked to use ( Adobe Premier Pro) was a little tricky but we figured it out and we finished editing on time meeting the deadline given. Overall, the group and I worked well together to get the task done on time.

How did you find working in a group?

Working in a group was really fun even though I consider myself an independent person. My group and I had a good working environment and a very good level of communication considering we only just built up our friendship. Working with them allowed there to be some excitement and calmness to the whole process. However, working with my group did have some negative aspects. At times there would be lack of attendance or bad punctuality. This meant that some of us were left to do all the editing which was very unfair. overall, working in a group like mine was a blast as we built a solid friendship as well as a good working environment.

How well did you include the camera techniques?

Including all the camera techniques in the task proved very difficult for me as I was the one handling the camera. In the task I was sure to include some of the shots like match on match action and 180 degree rule however including shot reverse shot was very hard as I didn’t understand what had to be done. My group and I were told by our teacher to include all shots which we tried to do but unfortunately due to my group and I not understanding the camera technique enabled us to incorporate it into the task. Overall, we did our best to include the given camera technique and achieved that to certain extent. After editing and watching the short film In full it is clear that we’ve included substantial amount of camera technique (over the shoulder shot)

What were the strengths of the video?The video has many strengths due to my group and I incorporating everything taught to us by our teacher. The areas where the filming took place allowed the video to stand out because of the lighting being good. The shots incorporated also plays a part in making the video good as well as the different songs chosen as it suits the theme of each scene. The theme chosen is a strength as it is made clear throughout the video.

What requires further development?In order to make the video stronger, my group and I need to work on the sound of the video. The audio isn’t as good as we hoped it would be so for further development we would focus on the audio of the video. Including all camera techniques would also be a further development, unfortunately my group and I didn’t understand shot reverse shot so we were unable to incorporate it into the video. Whilst editing we noticed there was a bit of discolouration between scenes due to us filming on different days, in order to avoid that from happening again we would either try to film it all in one day or whilst editing we would use tools to change the colouring of the scenes.