Preliminary Task Evaluation

In our film we have used a Rubik's cube, therefore we have chosen a classroom as a location for our shoot. We thought that a younger environment would fit with the dialogue between a teacher and a student who wants him to do a task. We have worked as a group and we have set up the tripod together and bubbled it to balance it. We also have checked the white contrast and the lighting. Afterwards, each of us filmed a scene from a wide shot, close up etc.

Lighting:

The light we have used was very bright because we have used two stage lights. This was important for the scene because it was supposed to be in a classroom where it is very light and we also wanted to put an emphasis on the actors faces, so we did not use natural lightning or rather dark light. The film should not be scary or sinister. It was effective because it helped us to reinforce the typical lighting in a classroom.

Filming:

We have set  the camera up correctly and checked the tripod's balance in each shot. However, we have forgotten to bubble it once which lead to doing the shot again. We have checked the framing every time and paid attention to the fact that the people are in the middle and there is no empty space in the frame. However, once we have made a mistake with the over shoulder shot, where in the shot you could see more of the shoulder than the actual person. We have also made a mistake with the focus in one of the close ups and because we had only one shot of that, afterwards when we had to edit the film, we used the unfocused one. We have used appropiate shot, according to the Storyboard, paying attention to the bits we want to emphasize like a close up of the Rubik's cube when it was slammed on the table. We have also used a wide shot to establish the location and introduce both actors. In addition, we had used close ups to show character's facial expression. We have tried to plan appropiate and use the storyboarding. However, when we had to do the editing, we find out that we have missed some lines and shots, but fortunately used other shot, so the story could fit together. We paid attention to the 180 degree rule because we have broken it the last time when we practised the preliminary task before. We have also tried to use appropiate terminology as 'rolling' and 'action'.

I have learnt how to use the camera and understood how important it is to pay attention to every aspect in the film includes as lighting, props, editing, sound and camera shots.

Storyboarding:
A storyboard is a graphic organizer. It illustrates a series of images which are displayed in a sequence. A film storyboard is a large comic of the film in order to help film directors to recognise probable problems before filming. It provides a visual image which helps the filming process. It also helps to imginne the film sequences better before they are even filmed.

The storyboard of the preliminary task: