Media Preliminary Task Evaluation

Media Preliminary Task Evaluation

We used the 180 degree rule and match on action but unfortunately we had a lot of empty space within the filming we had done. This is defiantly something that I would have improved if we were going to film again. Because there is "dead" space within the shot it becomes unattractive to the audiences. For example in this shot all of the action is on the right of the camera while the left half is a barren wasteland with nothing to offer to the audience.

However me and my group used match on action really well as it was fluid and accurate in the timing of the cutting and editing, for example

By using match on action well we help the audience stay orientated and not become confused by the editing and cutting. However there was an continuity error with my hands as they are in the opposite places than the 1st shot, another thing that if we were to go and record again we'd fix.

We used the 180 degree rule while we had a conversation in the filming so that the audience stayed interested in watching the rest of the conversation and was careful not to break the 180 degree rule incase the audience became disorientated by constant angle changes, making it unappealing to the audience.

Me and my group encountered several challenges post-production such as a faulty battery and then another dead-battery for the cameras we were supposed to record on, and a teacher wanting to use a camera when we also wanted to use it. If we were able to change this and start again I would make sure we are fully equipped and ready to start filming as soon as possible rather than having to start late and record in our own free time, making it less rushed and have more quality. There were also problems such as other students/teachers accidentally walking into the scene unaware that we were filming and then disrupting the filming sequence. If I were to change this then I'd make sure that everybody understood that we were using the space and politely ask them to be careful with noise around our filming.

The overall strengths of our work was the creativity, we worked well together and efficiently as we finished on time especially as we ended up starting later than all the other groups, we were also one of the first groups to have completed all of the editing work. Our movie was creative and fun for the audiences we displayed it to as it had hints of comedy and schadenfreude for the audience to enjoy. The technical side of the production of our Media Preliminary Task was difficult laying our hands on Final Cut Pro for the first time to edit as we had never used it to edit before but one of the people in our group  was a GCSE Media student so we weren't completely helpless in the editing phase of our film.

The weaknesses of our work was the planning in the post-production stage, it caused us to work quite late compared to the other groups and caused us to rush our work adding more continuity errors to the production of our movie. Another problem was that Fabio's trousers ripped whilst we were recording and then we had to start recording from the beginning. So this made the post-production a massive series of problems until we ended up finishing recording.