Preliminary Task and Production Notes

Preliminary Task and Production Notes

Panning notes:

In order to plan for the preliminary we created a story board which had a time scale and images of shots we would have like to include into the final piece. The story board contained our ideas for each shot, how they would look, what dialogue would be included and who would be filming. We needed to plan a time and place to film that would work well for the whole group and knew it would have to be done in our own spare time.

Ideas:

Our first initial idea was a drug dealer handing in the drugs to his boss and getting paid a large deal. The boss tells the dealer someone is threatening their business and then kills the dealer because he had supposedly told the police. This wasn't chosen because it seemed a bit too extreme for a task like this and didn't suit everyone in the group and was therefore changed.

The last idea was a man of pride walking into his bank to take out ALL is money. When the assistant takes his money out we discover he actually has very little and the man still leaves in pride... except a little more proud than in the beginning.

Filming:

For the main filming we had to use a tripod to balance the camera and to add different types of movement to add a greater effect. I was rather please with the amount of input the group put in. There were multiple cut decisions, many shot suggestions and we all decided on how we chose it together. In order for all of us to be satisfied we played around with shot types and took the same scene but at multiple angles; we chose our favorite altogether.

Editing:

In order to edit the clips I used Final X-cut Pro. With this I could cut the clips I found appropriate to use and used certain effects to change the atmosphere of each individual moment. The lighting I used was changed, I tried to get a more neutral look and turned up the tones of yellows, blues and greens, whilst taking the red down a tint. Transitions were used to make the scenes run smoother and follow a better and more structured story line, I feel these ran successfully. Titles were another thing that was rather helpful; I chose mine to be 'Prelim Task' just because I found it was most appropriate.

 Team Work:

I was in a group with two other people, James and Frank. I personally didn't feel like there was much cooperation going on in the group and felt it could have been improved greatly. However, I think the idea of keeping a small group kept us more on task and it made things easier for me to handle. James was very good at picking out multiple camera shots whereas Frank was more open to ideas. I really enjoyed working with the camera and felt I learnt new things quickly, like how to use the tripod efficiently for the uses of camera movements.

Here is my final edit: