Evaluation of Preliminary Work

Gaby Stocker

How well do you think you accomplished the

task?• I think we did the task well. Overall the film

could have been better, like the camera angles and actual filming of the scenes. But we did what the task asked us to do and created a film which included everything it needed to.

What was successful?

• Team work:

I think we worked well as a team, we didn’t argue about anything and we listened to each others ideas. We both took turns filming and I edited it, but checked with Amy before actually publishing it onto Youtube.

• Planning:I think we planned out work really well, we used story-boards to show a shot of the clip and to write about the soundtrack, camera movement and dialogue and the timing of the shot. However, when actually filming we didn’t stick to our plan/story-boards at all which I think we should do next time.

• Filming skills:I don’t think our filming skills were very good. The camera was very shaky resulting in the focus of the shot often being out of the shot, for example in the shot of him walking down the stairs his feet are sometimes cut out. We did use a tri-pod for some of the shots, but I think we should have used it for more to make them more steady.

• Editing SkillsI think I edited the film quite well. There was no silly mistakes and it all make sense in the order I put it in. However, to improve I could have sped up the shot timings near the end as the film climaxed and the action happened to make it more dramatic.

• Sound:At first we weren't going to use sound because we thought it would create tension, but when I went to edit it there was a lot of back-ground noise which cancelled out the tension because it wasn't completely silent. I decided to add music over top and make it repeat to create the tension it was missing. The music also creates mystery and a sense of not knowing whats going to happen.

What skills do you need to develop before the main

production task?• I need to develop my filming skills to make

sure each shot is steady and framed correctly. I need to work on my editing skills and make sure the timings of the shot reflect the atmosphere and the feeling I want to create. I also need to make sure that I create a plan and a story-board which I’m happy with and can stick to when I’m filming.