Preliminary Task.

Refer to the video on: http://kimberleydalton.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/preliminary-task.html

Whilst editing our preliminary task we noticed errors and slight problems whilst we were recording. These errors can be seen when watching the preliminary task as we hadn't spotted them before we had edited the clips together and finalised the project.

The first problem that we had was because we filmed outside there was a lawn mower which distorted our voices in some scenes and you can barely hear what they are saying. We recorded the scenes more than once so that we had a variety of shots that we were able to chose from. Due to this the lawn mower seems to appear and disappear in the space of a minutes.

The second problem that we came across was you could see the camera persons reflection in the window next to the door whilst we were trying to do the match on action.


If we would do this task again then we would either film it inside so that there is no outside sound to interrupt our filming. Failing this, if we were to film outside again, then we would wait until the lawn mower had finished the work or film in a different place so that you can’t hear the lawn mower that much or at all. We would also make sure that the positioning of the people working on the camera’s cannot see themselves within the scene which would eliminate the problem of being able to see the reflections.



Before filming we had to make sure we followed three rules:
1- The 180 degree rule
            Meaning that we had to decide on an imaginary line that neither the camera people or the actors could cross and it wouldn’t be consistent with the match on action.
2- Shot reverse shot
           This was when the actors were talking and the camera had to keep changing between person and person. We had to do this so that the audience would know who was speaking and what they were saying.
3- Match on action
         This is the same as continuity and within the preliminary task this is when the door is being opened. We had to make sure that the door wouldn’t jump from one place to another whilst in the middle of a scene.


The 180 degree rule in our preliminary task worked well whilst the actors are talking to each other because the camera people were still because they were only filming the actors who were also sat still. However there was a different 180 degree rule whilst we were working on the match on action because if it were the same 180 degree rule then it would have been harder to film either the door or the conversation.

The shot reverse shot worked very well because as we were talking and cutting the scene together, we were able to make sure that the correct person was talking whilst they were on the screen and it changed every time the other actor spoke.

The match on action worked brilliantly as we were able to get the door in the same place on both sides so it didn't jump from one place to another and mess up the continuity.