Sunday 24 February 2013

Planning: Preliminary Task Ms Begum


Preliminary Task

In order to get on with making our own thriller films, me and my group had to get to grips with the equipment we were going to use to film our thriller openers. For example the camera we were going to use to film and the tripod to help steady the camera when filming. So to help use get use to the equipment we were told to film a short preliminary task. Lasting for about 2 minutes, we had to film a short piece with a specific scenario with everyone getting a chance to film to decide who would be the best to operate the camera. We decided this would be Adam as he has had experience using  and tripods to film. To create a good piece of film we were given advice to film similar shots from a variety of angles so if we did make a mistake we would have other takes to use instead that we could put into our final edit. It’s vital for us to make a preliminary task so we are prepared for when we actually film our thriller opener. Furthermore when it comes to finally filming the real trailers we are able to see the progress we have made over the time we have had.





Overall we were finally all able to use the equipment given to us but not without its difficulties. I personally found it difficult to steady the camera when filming. My arms always seemed to move slightly which resulted with shots that were either slightly blurry of the frame would suddenly move. However although we did decide Adam would be the camera operator, because i had experience we were going to use to edit we decided that it would be best if i did the editing.



Conclusion
Above all the preliminary task have given us insight on how to film our own thriller trailers when given the time to. We have been told various techniques to use to make sure we get the most out of filming time. We have done a lot of research on camera shots, angles and movements to decide what would be best in our thriller trailer and finally we have given everyone a chance to film to find out who would be best to film the thriller trailer.

1 comment:

  1. well done Dwayne, some good evidence on how the preliminary task was used and benefitted your group work.

    To improve;
    -discuss any other difficulties that you came across and how you overcame them
    -how was this task beneficial in understanding the importance of planning in good detail?
    -discuss the editing stages of the preliminary task

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