Evaluation of Prelim Shoot

For my prelimary task, my pair and I filmed it in our school media studio. We used 2 school students as the main characters who were filmed having a small disagreement/conflict. The scene began using a wide/medium shot of a boy walking into the room. We then filmed different shots using close ups, over the shoulder shots, high and low angle shots to create different effects to present the characters in different views. We will then further this and edit the first take to create an official prelim. We also made our main focus the 180 degree rule, making sure we didn't break as that would have ruined the prelim entirely.

The tripod was set up with difficulty and we both struggled doing so as it was very confusing however we managed to in the end with some help. The camera also took a frustrating while to set up too.

I filmed most of the prelim whilst my pair focused more on the mis-en-scene area. It was hard for the actors to follow the story line well as they weren't fully prepared due to the lack of time they had to practice the script. Each different take the actors accidentally changed their script each time as they weren't fluently confident on it. Eventually we more or less improvised it due to the concentration required on the actual filming.  Some of the dialogue was repeated in points during the same scene so it was a very boring scene and it was hard making sure the actors stayed in the same position as we changed the position of the camera to capture the different shot angles and movements. We did a variety of different takes in order to practice with each different shot and when we edit it we will take into consideration what shot looks right in which bit of the prelim to complete our finished prelim.

Overall, I think my pair and I did a reasonably good job using a camera for the first time however this task wasn't as successful as we would have liked. As a pair we delivered as much and as well as we could in the conditions provided. Despite our minimal knowledge and experience of filming, lots of lessons were learnt, and plentiful room for improvement is recognised by us both, such as the 180 degree rule. 

To improve, my partner as I could have worked with other people to form a larger  group to have a variety of people that may have different skills in which they may be better in than the others. We also could have produced a better prelim by improving the script and making sure the actors were full prepared so their acting was of better quality acting making it look more realistic. The shots could've been filmed more steadily and precisely to capture precise details and movements an angle to make the prelim more exciting.