Editing the Preliminary Task

After uploading the footage onto FinalCut Express we realised two of our shots were missing so we left a gap in our sequence and planned to re upload them or reshoot them after we had finished editing the majority.

After we finished editing we uploaded the final piece to YouTube. The speed of editing is steady and we didn't include any fast shots as our film isn't a thriller or high octane movie so it would have looked strange.

Overall we are happy with the final clip, although there were some small errors such as when we missed out  a shot of Shelby siting down, the reason for this is because every shot we had she either laughed, or hit her feet on the bench then laughed. 

We followed the 180 degree rule and included continuos shots, and if we were to do it again all I would change is to get more shots so we have a wider variety.

Filming the Preliminary Task

On Wednesday Shelby, Tori, Emma and I started filming our preliminary task. We went out and started to film the first few shots of our short clip. We didn't use any other people to appear in our clip, Shelby and Emma were the only two people that appeared in it, while Tori and I worked the camera and experimented with camera angles and shots. One of the main problems we faced were the occasional outburst of laughter which made the filming process take twice as long as anticipated. After finishing the filming after two days of shooting, we decided we will edit a lot of the bloopers out as they were not needed. Overall, I am happy with the way we handled the camera and think the outcome was good.

Preliminary Task- what did we do?

There were 4 tasks that we had to do to complete our preliminary task.

•  we storyboard our shot sequence 
• film the shots in school
• edited our shot on finalCut express 
• upload to youtube

Preliminary task- Brief

For our preliminary task we had to film a sequence of some one walking along the corridor, opening the door and having a conversation with another person. We had to watch how we filmed our camera angles and also the length of the edit and especially the continuity between the shots to make our film look realistic.

Source code

In the lesson we watched the film source code that I found very interesting. Our teacher told us you watch the first five minutes of the film. We had to look at how the director used sound and mise en scene. The director used parallel sound that went with the sound that went with the sound of the train. These two sounds made the watchers feel quite tense from my opinion.  The film introduction ends with a cliff hander with the train blowing up at the end.

Reverse Zoom

Here is a good example of a reverse zoom shot using a dolly in the film 'Jaws'. It's created by the camera zooming in while moving backwards.

  

Camera movement

Last lesson we looked at camera movements. 

From a fixed position, the camera can: 

• Rotate left to right- this is called Pan.

• Tilt up and down, this is called Tilt.

• Tilt on an angle to give a disorientating effect- this is called Dutch Tilt but is also known as Canted.

• Zoom- the camera remains still but the focus is adjusted to move either towards or away from he object.

• Reverse zoom- when the focus zooms in while the camera moves away from the object.

When the camera is free to move around the set you can film using a:

• Tracks- the camera moves fluidly on a set of tracks. 

Stedicam

• Dolly-the camera is on wheels so can be moved in any direction.

• Crane-the camera is placed on a large crane arm that enables it to move around with ease. It allows the camera to move quickly between different heights.

• Rolling shot- the camera moves diagonally making the images askew.

• Handheld camera- the camera is held in the hand and can therefore move in any direction without the need for tracks; however the result is usually a very shaky picture.

• Stedicam- the camera is worn on a weighted harness to keep it still and balanced, while allowing the freedom of handheld filming.