Preliminary Task Analysis and Evaluation (Foundation Portfolio Evaluation)

In this analysis, we have covered the following topics/questions:

• What we learnt about the cameras and editing software during the preliminary task


• A specific, detailed example of how we used the shot reverse shot combination in our film


• What worked well and what could've been improved in the filming and editing of our project


• What we learnt about or incontinuous transitions and failing to achieve entire continuity

What we learnt about the cameras and editing software during the preliminary task

In this task, we learnt about how to use a different variety of shots with the camera, how to view shots we'd took, how to delete any we didn't want, how to do a close-up, zoom, medium shot, long shot, low-angle shot, shot-reverse shot and a two-shot with the camera. When we started editing, we learnt how to "mark in" and "mark out" bits of the shot that we wanted in our film, for example if we only wanted two people talking we would press the "mark in" key from where the first person starts talking and then press the "mark out" key from when they finish their conversation. By doing this, we could take what we wanted from the shot without having to put up with anything we didn't want. We also learnt about how to block out any sound we didn't want in our film and how to override shots.

A specific, detailed example of how we used the shot reverse shot combination in our film

We didn't use a shot-reverse-shot combination in our film, however, we have learnt that when two people are having a converation, it would be more effective to use the shot-reverse-shot.

What worked well and what could've been improved in the filming and editing of our project and what we learnt about our incontinuous transitions and failing to achieve entire continuity

Originally, we had made the film about a girl who goes for a job interview. When we started editing the film, we noticed that we had missed out a lot of variety of shots, e.g we only had two types (close-up and two-shot) and the film was only 13 seconds long instead of thirty so we had to film again. We changed the location and and storyline. We decided to change the story from a job interview to a girl going to get her eyebrows done by a beautician situated in college. This was much easier as less dialogue was needed and it was easier to use a variety of different shots. We started off by filming the girl walking and we did this by using a low-angle shot starting from her feet and filming up to her face as she walked. Then we did a close-up of the sign on the door so that the audience could see where she is going and what she is about to do. This could also be seen as point-of-view shot as we did a close-up of the girl's hand turning the door handle after she looked at the sign. We then filmed the beautician greeting her and asking her questions, this was an over-the-shoulder shot and when the beautician gave her reply to the girl we filmed over the beautician's shoulder which was another over-the-shoulder shot and kept in mind the 180 degree rule. We then filmed the girl getting her eyebrows done by the beatician and this was filmed in seperate shots. These shots included close-ups of her eyebrows getting done, zooms on her eyebrows, close-ups of the beautican and medium shots of the beautician and the girl. The final shots were of the beautician going to her desk, the girl paying her and walking towards the door, a close-up of the girl's hand turning the handle on the door and a medium shot of her walking out. When we went to edit the film, we again noticed that we had only used a very small variety of shots and the shots weren't continuous so there was a lot of jump-cutting between shots when we put the film together. We also realised that the film was one minute long when it was supposed to be only 30 seconds long, however we couldn't cut anything out otherwise the film wouldn't have made sense. If we were to do this again, we would make sure we used a much wider variety of shots, make sure the film wasn't too long by cutting dialogue and use more continuous shots for example film longer so that the film can be continous and have no jump-cutting when it comes to editing.

PRELIMINARY TASK SHOT LIST

These are the shots that we used in the Preliminary Task:

Long shots e.g when the girl was walking to the door

Medium shots e.g when the beautician was talking to the girl

Close ups e.g when the beautician was doing the girl's eyebrows (close-up on the eyebrows)

Zooms e.g when the beautician was doing the girl's eyebrows

These were only a small variety and we learnt that from not using these shots our film wasn't continuous.