The Preliminary

 Preliminary Task: Review

In our preliminary task, our shots were taken from our planned storyboard, therefore it included the 180 degree rule, Shot-reverse-shot, and Match on action shots.

We included close-up shots, a birds-eye view shot and mid shots. We used close-up shots to increase drama and tension, and mid shots  to build up atmosphere.

WEAKNESSES;

We could have included a lot more camera angle techniques, to demonstrate a wider range of our media skills, e.g. pam shots. The actors didn't maintain a serious face throughout shot, e.g. at one point the 2 characters were meant to be having a serious conversation, but you could see them smirking. The actors didn't sound loud enough in our preliminary video, we edited them as loud as we could, in further we need to make sure before filming each shot we remind our actors to speak loudly and clearly. We almost have a constant colour scheme of blue, we should have made sure if was throughout the whole video!

STRENGTHS;

We ensured we didn't break 180 degree rule, match on action and shot-reverse-shots, by doing this we demonstrate our basic use of media skills. The birds eye shot, and close up shots were filmed really clearly, and flowed nicely in the video. Our shots maintained focused throughout.

We had a lot of negative space around our characters in the background , which makes you focus on the characters more.