Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task

The Storyboard

We started off our preliminary  task by brainstorming an idea and then creating a storyboard. We put as much detail in our storyboard as we could including the action, sound, camera shot, editing and duration of the shot. Overall our storyboard contained 12 frames.

One problem that occurred while creating the storyboard was drawing what could actually fit in our shot. we did not always draw the shot from the camera angle that we were actually going to use. This turned some long shots into aerial shots. We have learnt that it is good to actually go to the location and map out what would fit in the shot rather then guess.

Furthermore, The duration of our shots specified on the storyboard are not precise as we were not sure how long it would take, especially if we were to edit parts out later. To be more precise in the future we will actually do a quick run through of the action so we get a better understanding of how long it would take for people to move etc.

Filming:

Filming of our preliminary task was very successful for our group. We kept it simple with just Cassidy and I acting in it to not make it too complicated. We all understood what was to be done and created shots very shots very similar to the ones on our storyboard. As we were all working together we were able to complete all of the filming in around an hour. Everybody had a say in the filming and contributed on the levels and angles on the shots.

We were able to shoot most of our scenes in chronological order due to the scenes all being in the same location but different locations. This made us rely a lot less on our storyboard when it came to editing as there was no need to move many shots around. We are aware that shooting in chronological is highly unlikely to happen in our real piece and may even hold us back if we try to do it that way.

Our biggest difficulty whilst filming our preliminary task was the shots that moved along with the close up of the feet and the face. We did not have a camera dolly to get the camera to move smoothly. In the end we just held the camera manly. Although the camera work in these shots are not as could as they could have been, I believe they do not take away from the rest of the film.

Editing;

Editing came quite easy for our group as it became a case of just placing the clips in order and making sure they matched up precisely. During filming we paid close attention to not create any continuity errors so it made editing easier and we just had to cut parts of the clips that were too long. The hardest part pf editing was the match on action shot as Cassidy moves from the corridor into the classroom as we had to make sure she was in the exact same position in all of the shots. 

There was no dialogue in the video which made editing more simple as sound was minimal. We added non-diegetic music to the confrontation scene to add more tension and make it more dramatic. Finally, we added some effects to the video to make it seem more comically dramatic as the ending is a strange stare off.

End Result