updates

I have been finding it difficult posting things on to my blog due to technical issues with my laptop.
It has also been diffcult because of the absence of one of our group members not being present for many of the lessons and not putting thier ideas forward. This lack of work on thier part is putting a lot of strain on the work load me and my other member of the group are having to do making it quite stressful.
I am worrying about meeting deadlines because of my technical issues but i will hopefully get this sorted before its to late.

main task

Our task is to create the titles and opening of a new fiction film lasting a maximum of two minuets.
we need to complete this project via the following dates:

Research Deadline: 26/11/10

Photo-storyboard Deadline: 3/12/10

Filming Deadline: 07/01/11

Production Deadline: 28/01/11

Evaluation Deadline: 11/02/11

finished video

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blog

Evaluation

Looking back on the task i believe i have learnt a lot about continuity, For example, I have learnt that its not just about filming you relay have to think about how you are going to shoot it so it looks continuous and flow well to the viewer. I have also learnt that you have to take in to consideration what other shots you put in around your match in actions shot to ensure that they all make sense in relation to each other. I also believe that i have learnt a lot about the different rules you have to remember to ensure that your piece is continuous. For example, I am now aware that you must include the 180 degree rule , a match in action shot and the 30 degree rule , you must take in to consideration the character eye line and your basic establishment shots.

I believe that we could have been more organised when it came to preparing to script and our story board as it was all very last minuet. We had both said that we would look at doing a script the day before so we would look at doing a script the day before so we would have some idea of what we were going to say the next day. However neither of us got round to it and we ended up having to write a script at the beginning which did take up filming time. we also lost the story board we had created the day before so had to take time out to re draw it so we could follow our original plan. this task has taught me that organisation is key to making a successful piece.

I think that the task has defiantly shown me how to use certain pieces of equipment that i otherwise wouldn't know how to operate such as the camera and tripod. Although i was not the camera operator I did look before hand at how it was used if eve i did need to use it.

I have also learnt how to use the editing equipment even though i may only be the basics because my sight kept me from the more complicated areas. I fell this is very beneficial because i can now explain how I would edit certain pieces and could describe the editing process quited easily.

In general I think that this taks has taught me an awful lot and made me much more comfortable around the equipment I will be sing later on in the course and has given me a firm foundation of knowledge to build on.

Post Production:

I found the editing process quite difficult as i found if very hard to see the menus and writing on the screen, making it almost impossible for me to use. however, my partner did help me but i found myself not being able to participate fully in the editing process because i couldn't see enough to help. although the one day my partner wasn't in i had to try using it on my own, so i saved it under a different name so i wouldn't ruin the one we had already finished, so i did get some idea of how to use the program.

this is mine and Gina's finished preliminary task:

production

filming did take longer than expected because of the different locations we had chosen to film in. For example, the care park, this was a problem because we had to get permission first before we were able to film there because it is quite a hight risk area to filming in. this meant that we had to run over slightly trying to film the last shot. Although we were pleased we managed to fit it in, it was quite rushed so could have been a lot better.We were also slightly held up trying to extend the tripod legs on the camera to create the right angle but managed to work it in time. we had an issue with trying to film the last shot because or camera had run out of battery so we had to wait while we charged it enough to use it. i feel we could have taken more care when filming our match in action shots so that they flowed better and gave a better sense of continuity. however we did manage to compete the filming in the allotted time and were ready for editing the next lesson. i do feel as if it could have been better but believe that we can learn fro our mistakes to ensure that our coursework piece is completed to the best of our abilities.

pre-production tasks

Before filming we had to construct a story board to plan what we were going to do and how we were going to do it. We had to do this so that we had structure to our piece and so we could rmember what we wanted to do and how we wanted to do it.
We then had to make our own scripts and decide who was going to play which character. We deicided on the scrip first and then decided who was going to film it and who was going to play the different characters.Although the script didn't take long to make it could have been more organised. We had originally decided that we would both write a script the day before then use ideas from both to save time. However, neither of us managed to do this so it had to be done at the beginning of the lesson which did take up filming time.We also lost our original story board so had to construct it again at the beginning of the lesson which also took up time. As we were only a group of two we had to ask for help from people which didn't prove to difficult. We also had to scout around for the locations we wanted to use. This was mainly straight forward however one of the locations we wanted to use was the car park.This caused a minor issue because we had to get permission before we could film there because it is a place of quite high risk. however, we managed to get permission and other than this there were no other issues.