Prelim Task 2: Evaluation

Compared to my first film of 'The Meeting' I feel that my second film of 'The Meeting' was a great success as I feel that we as a group were successfully able to recognize our mistakes from out previous effort and then implement changes to our second filming of 'The Meeting' to correct those mistakes. This highlights the importance of planning your scene in advance as this made the filming process a lot easier and quicker as we now knew exactly what we wanted and how we were going to do it. However our second effort could of been improved if each member of the group (including) myself remembered to bring all props and costume we were suppose to bring in as this meant we had to make last minute changes which of course was time consuming.
What was your responsibility in the filming process?
Acting, drawing half of the storyboard and writing up the new and improved script
What decisions did you have to make in this role?
How i could shorten the script whilst not taking too much out and still make it relevant to the task; how to work collectively to visualize what our scene would look like in order to storyboard and in what way I could improve my character to make him more believable.
How effectively did you carry out your responsibilities?
At first I felt as if I was doing too much and controlling what everyone was doing a bit too much, but after I realized this I felt I done very well with working with John to produce the storyboard and script, in the end only focusing on what I was suppose to be doing as agreed which produced good results.
How effectively did the team work cohesively?
At first I feel as if we wasn't really working as a team but as individuals within group, but we quickly addressed this and started working well together designating different roles to each other and working collectively on what we wanted the end product of our filming to be like and when filming as well.
What areas would you like to develop?
Use of editing skills as I feel although we used more than last time we were still very limited in the amount that we used and could of used much more.
What two areas you felt went well and consider one recommendation you would give yourself or the group to improve on this practice?

• Planning how and in what ways we would shoot the film
• Detail that went into characterizing our characters
• Stick completely to the plan to avoid having to make any last minute changes

Pre-lim task 1 evaluation

On completion of the pre-lim task and looking at the short film me and my group made as well as looking at the feedback that we received from our peers I think overall that although our group had a well built and structured storyline enhanced by the use of costume and variation of voice, we failed to use a variety of camera shots and editing techniques as we originally planned.

However the main problem we had could also be seen as the best feature of our short movie. That being our constant use of shot/ reverse shot to display the conversation between the detective and the snitch. Although this use of shot/ reverse shot is a good editing technique to use when showing a two people talking to each other and in that case was very appropiate to our short movie, at times it was as if we we're overloading it with shot/ reverse shot and not using any other editing techniques or in fact camera shots to display this conversation which was a issue brought up in the feedback we got.

But it was our well written script (written by me and Laurence) that was said to be the best feature of our short movie, with the script and also use of costume and good acting helping to enhance the story and therefore creating a engaging piece.

This use of limited shot types and editing techniques as well as the camera at times being jittery and unstable made the film look at times very amatuerish and unproffesional. A problem that could of maybe been solved by the use of a tripod to help steady the camera and also a better camera to film with as a flip camera did not have all the functions neeeded to film a high quality piece. However this was a problem experienced by all groups and perhaps expresses our limited expriences of filming as we have only just begun the course.

This although is a problem that will get better with times as we continue to constantly improve on the course and in my case is certainly going to motivate me to do better and improve my standard which will only be done by hard work and focus.