Preliminary Task Analysis

Jainisha Navinkumar

My group did 2 preliminary tasks all together, we did 2 because the first one did not
follow most of the conventions for this task, we realised this whilst editing, my role
in the first one was assistant director. In our second try, we made a more
successful preliminary task, my role was acting and also directing. After our first
one failed I realised the importance of shot-reverse-shot and the use of close-ups
to make everything look more effective and clean, so in our second one we made
sure to use shot-reverse-shots and close-ups.
Our group did carry out adequate pre-production, we made scripts and storyboards
for both preliminary tasks, we did change a few things whilst actually filming
because we thought that the changes were better than what was originally there.
We also did a whole new script for our second try.

In our final preliminary task the camera work was quite effective, it wasnt as
effective as we had hoped but its a pretty good standard. At the beginning of the
video camera was slightly out of focus but then got better a few seconds later. Our
close-ups were clean and not out of focus, our angles were also good.
I think we executed the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot-reverse-shots
very well. We had used shot-reverse-shots during the conversation, we used match
on action at the beginning of the clip where the actor had used the swipe card the
enter the room. We also followed the 180 degree rule since we did not go past the
180 degree line.
I think that the continuity editing is clear but it could have been better at the
beginning to show the actor walking into the room and out.

There are many ways on how I would improve this preliminary task. Firstly id do
more shot-reverse-shots to make the conversation scene look more effective and
quick, since we only did a few the clip seems too long and also make sure that the
camera is always in focus. Secondly Id improve on the continuity editing to make
the clip look more clean. Lastly Id improve the match on actions, I dont think
there were enough match on actions in our clip so I would add more.
I need to acquire good editing skills, camera and directing skills before I can start
my film opening, I already have a few skills of each element but not enough to
really perfect my film opening.