Task 11: Preliminary Task

What I have learnt:
From creating this task we have managed to use all the elements we have learnt in our other videos and link them together. Firstly, we found that planning our video was quite simple as we all agreed on one idea and roughly knew what shots would work. we made a clear storyboard shown above that mapped out our ideas and made sure that we knew what we were filming. Filming the video also went well as we stuck to one camera man which meant that the other people in our group could focus on positioning etc. we also learnt from our previous mistakes like filming in landscape, not portrait and having more of the persons body in the shot whilst filming an over the shoulder camera angle. Together, these improvements made our video look a lot more professional. However, whilst editing our video, some of our transitions between the shots were not seamless like in previous videos which lowered the professional value. Therefore next time we will need to focus on making sure that the shots fit exactly to make it improve.

Checklist For My Opening Sequence:

• Don't reveal too much of the narrative.
• Use a catchy soundtrack to engage my audience.
• Correct institution information used.
• Make the main character the focus of the narrative.
• Film the video in landscape and not portrait as it will make it difficult to edit.
• Make the actors speak clearly and slowly to make it easy to edit and understandable.
• Stick to the 180 degree rule unless I am braking it to add effect and demonstrate confusion.
• Use close ups.
• Think about costume to represent a social group.
• Make a clear plan/storyboard.
• Make transitions seamless.