Preliminary Task Evaluation

The 180-degree rule states that characters have to maintain the same left or right relationship to each other. Therefore the camera has to remain on the same side of the characters in a shot in order to not break the 180-degree rule. A match on action is when a shot cuts to another shot with an alternative view of the action shown before. We incorporated a match on action shot when the girl’s picture is being given back to her. A shot-reverse-shot is when one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character’s perspective is shown in the second shot. This was used for the conversation within a scene in our preliminary task video. Overall, the film-making process went well and we had no issues in creating the scenes from the storyboard in real life. We did have a few issues when filming around the sixth form because our scenes required us using one of the main staircases as a setting, which meant that every so often we had to pause filming to let people use the staircase and to wait for the noise in the surrounding corridors to reduce. When editing the video on Adobe Premier, I learnt how to crop our film clips to suitable sizes making them fit the sequence in a more suitable manner. I also learnt how to add a title sequence in which we could edit the size, colour and style of the font used, making the title sequence fit the tone of the video. We also discovered how to upload and edit music to play over our video. This was particularly useful as it allowed us to clarify the optimistic and  lighthearted tone of our video. One of the most important things I learnt about editing videos using Adobe Premier was how to include transitions between the video clips, allowing us to control the pace and style of the video. As the editing process went on, I became more familiar with Adobe Premier and would be confident if using this software again.

My preliminary task video is loosely based on the romantic comedy genre and features an awkward and clumsy female character who collides with the main male character, causing her to drop her folders and books.