Preliminary Task Reflection

During our group’s preliminary task, there were few things that worked considerably well and then other areas that need some improvement.

What went well was the fact we were all involved and we stuck to the criteria. We included the shot-reverse-shot and the match on action. It was only minimum dialogue so that it wasn’t hard to forget and get wrong. Hannah spoke quite loudly which meant we were able to hear her words clearly.

As a group we worked really well together during the course of filming this video. We all took on board what we had to do and acted upon it. We knew that this piece was worth 0 marks, or -15 if we didn’t do it. There was no point in us over complicating the story line or adding in anything extra during the editing process as this task was just to show our filming and editing skills and I think we were successful in doing so.

Within the group we designated roles to each person so they could prepare themselves and plan what they were going to do and how they were going to do it. Each of us had our own roles and although there were two people featuring, we both played different characters.

However, what didn’t go so well was; just before you see Hannah’s match on action, you see her paused where she was waiting for the camera to start recording again. To improve this next time we could crop the pause out or film more efficiently.

When I speak, you can’t actually hear everything I say apart from at the end. To prevent this from happening, next time I will make sure I talk a lot louder or make the surroundings quieter so am I able to be heard.

Another moment that needs improving is when Hannah walks through the door, her head is cut off. When we film next time we will make sure we are able to see her whole body at all times.

Just before you see the last reverse shot from me to Hannah, there is a flash of the end clip. This is from where it hasn’t been edited properly. For this to be improved we need to make sure that the slides we add into our videos are in the correct place and not jumping up half way through the video.

At the end of the video we are able to see me laugh even though I’m not meant to. To make sure this doesn’t happen we should either crop that end part off or re-film until it happens correctly. 

Overall, there were things that worked well for us but many areas for improvement.