Our preliminary task was created to enable us to learn some skills with the camera and editing software before we made our opening sequence.
To plan this film, my partner Hannah and I had various production meetings in which we carried out our planning, for example scripting, storyboarding and shot lists. I believe our planning was mostly successful, although we could have been more thorough. However, since we had never done anything like this before, we had not had any planning practice, so our planning was not as good as it could have been and therefore our preliminary task was not as easy to film as we had anticipated.
From the preliminary task, we learned techniques in scripting and storyboarding, and how to use a lot of the software such as the cameras and editing software. The editing software we used for the preliminary task was Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, but we found it very confusing and hard to use, and since I had a lot of experience with Windows Movie Maker we decided to use that to edit our AS coursework opening sequence.
From the preliminary task, we also learned that the camera's sound quality was very tinny and at times it was hard to hear what the actors were saying, which meant that we decided to use a voiceover recorded separately with a microphone for the opening sequence. I believe this added to the verisimilitude of the opening sequence as a person's voice is not tinny in real life.
We also learned a lot about continuity. For example, in our preliminary task, a character has to give a packet of biscuits to the other character and we only noticed that it was not there until she had to pick it up. Therefore we were forced to film the entire first half of the script again. The making of the preliminary film also meant that we knew what to look for whilst filming the opening sequence; in the preliminary film, the actors changed position slightly between shots, causing problems when we came to edit the film. This meant that while we were filming our opening sequence, we were looking out for things that could mean continuity issues and therefore we ended up with a better result.
To plan this film, my partner Hannah and I had various production meetings in which we carried out our planning, for example scripting, storyboarding and shot lists. I believe our planning was mostly successful, although we could have been more thorough. However, since we had never done anything like this before, we had not had any planning practice, so our planning was not as good as it could have been and therefore our preliminary task was not as easy to film as we had anticipated.
From the preliminary task, we learned techniques in scripting and storyboarding, and how to use a lot of the software such as the cameras and editing software. The editing software we used for the preliminary task was Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, but we found it very confusing and hard to use, and since I had a lot of experience with Windows Movie Maker we decided to use that to edit our AS coursework opening sequence.
From the preliminary task, we also learned that the camera's sound quality was very tinny and at times it was hard to hear what the actors were saying, which meant that we decided to use a voiceover recorded separately with a microphone for the opening sequence. I believe this added to the verisimilitude of the opening sequence as a person's voice is not tinny in real life.
We also learned a lot about continuity. For example, in our preliminary task, a character has to give a packet of biscuits to the other character and we only noticed that it was not there until she had to pick it up. Therefore we were forced to film the entire first half of the script again. The making of the preliminary film also meant that we knew what to look for whilst filming the opening sequence; in the preliminary film, the actors changed position slightly between shots, causing problems when we came to edit the film. This meant that while we were filming our opening sequence, we were looking out for things that could mean continuity issues and therefore we ended up with a better result.
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