Film schedule -

9 frames for preliminary Task

This is our nine frames from our preliminary task.

FRAME ONE
In the first frame, we see Kayleigh walking towards the theatre, we shot this art about ten times as we kept having people walk past, kayleigh accidently kept laughing or smiling or looking at the camera but we finally got there in the end. I think the fact that there was not many people in the dinnerhall made it better to focus on Kayleigh.
FRAME TWO/THREE
The continuity shot from frame one to frame to was very smoth and we found this quite easy to do, we tryed to get frame one, two and three all very smooth as we shot it from different angles for each one but we wanted it to look like we only had to shoot this once. The end result we was hay with.
FRAME FOUR
In frame four it shows a zoom in shot of me sitting on my own, this shows lonleyness and i think this heled to know i was there because if kayleigh just walked in then the audience would not know where she was going and they probrably woyuld not even know i was there.
FRAME FIVE
In frame five Kayleigh has walked up to me and the begins to sit down, this shows that she has come to seak to me and the long camera shot shows that we are still alone and the only people in the theatre.
FRAME SIX/SEVEN
Frame six shows that Kayleigh has sat down next to me, and this was part of the 180 degree rule which is also shown in frame seven. To do this we first shot the whole convosation from one angle which was the angle in frame six, then we did the same with another angle which is angle seven, then after when we was editing we put the correct cips in the correct place. While we was filming these clis Hannah was holding up our script so we could remember what we was going to say, it took us many attempt to do this without messing up, and we also had to do this all again on a different day because the first time we shot this we forgot to turn the mic on so our dialoge could not be heard.
FRAME EIGHT
Frame eight shows me running down the stairs, we found that when we was doing this we should not of used the tripod as the vibration of me running down the stairs made the camera move and jog so the film was very rocky and jumpy, we should of handhed the camera instead.
FRAME NINE
When i reach to the bottom of the stairs there is a close up of me falling to the floor as shown in frame nine, i dont really like this angle at first but when Kayleigh comes over it begins to look allot more affective and you can clearly see she is comforting me.

PRELIMINARY TASK VIDEO

OUR PRELIMINARY TASK -

 

PRELIMINARY TASK LINK

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Here are some clips from our task :

 

 

Preliminary Task Evaluation

What have you learnt from doing this exercise? - From completeing my preliminary task i have learnt allot of things, some of which are; i have learnt how to work as a team to create a short film. I now know how to edit correctly using the correct software, i had never edited anything before but the programme i used was very easy and simple for me to use. I also understand how the 180 degree rule much better.

What skills have i developed?- From this is have developed new skills such as;
- Editing
- Acting
- Understanding camera angles
- Understanding the 180° rule.
- Team working
- Script writing

These skills have developed throughout doing the preliminary task. If i had to choose one i am most proud of it would be editing as i had never done that before but my end film turned out okay.

What feedback have i recieved?- I have recived some feedback from my Preliminary Task. I have recived some helpful comments on the video when i uploaded it onto Youtube. The pictures below are screenshots from the comments on the video.

How would i improve my Preliminary task? - To improve my preliminary task next time i would make sure when acting i remembet where i was looking, where my hands were and what position i was in, in the last peice of film. I would also ask or research about sound as in our preliminary task our music just cuts off where as i would prefer if it faded out but i was not sure how to do it at the time.

Script for Preliminary task

Kayleigh walks into the hall to take a seat next to Jess who is sitting on her own.

                  Kayleigh:

"Are you okay?"

                     Jess:

"Not really"

                 Kayleigh:

"Whats up? Do you need a chat?"

                   
                   Jess:

"I'll be fine"

                 Kayleigh:

"Please, you can trust me you know you can"

                    Jess:

"My mum and me had a arguement last night and she is threatning to kick me out"

                 Kayleigh:

"Oh my god, im so sorry to hear that, i hope everything turns out okay"

                   Jess:

"I've gotta go"

Jess gets up and rushes past Kayleigh and down the stairs, as she gets to the bottom of the stairs she breaks down in tears and begins to cry and fall on the floor.

                 Kayleigh:

"Jess!" (shouts)

Kayleigh gets up from her seat and hurrys down the stairs to comfort Jess. When she gets to Jess she sits down beside her and puts her arm on her.

                  Kayleigh:

"Come on, it will be okay"
                                                  

180 Degree Rule

The 180 degree rule is used very often in films and other media related things.
What is it?
The 180 degree rule is where the cameras are placed to show the correct shots of characters so that the characters eyelines match up. In the diagram below it shows two characters and it shows where the correct angle for each camera needs to be to create the 180 degree rule, the camera with the cross through it shows that the camera should not be there so therefore it is in the wrong place.

Preliminary Task pictures and editing.

These are some of the pictures that where taken during the making and filming of our preliminary task. i have also included pictures of the screenshots from when we had fimished filming and had to edit our film.

These are the screenshot from when we was editing our film. Our editing took longer than everyone elses ecause we had to film our video twice as

 



My Own Camera Angle Shots -LESSON-

In our lesson we was taught the different types of camera angles.. Which are;
~ extreme long shot
~ long shot
~ medium shot
~ close up
~extreme close up
~ birds eye veiw
~ high angle
~ eye level
~ low angle
~ canted angle
~ pan
~ tilt
~ tracking shots
~ zooming lenses
Once we learnt these camera angles we was told to take some shots of our own to show our understanding. So here are some of the shots i took with the help of my friends modeling for me.

-LESSON- Camera angles.

In this lesson i learnt about the different angles off a camera shot, in the lesson sir gave us a couple of sheets of paper to jot down notes and sketches of each angle so we can rememer them easily. I did this then stuck both bits of work into my book. This lesson helped me understand why and how some of the angles are shot and what effect the give and how it attracks the audience.