Evaluating the Preliminary Task

Our preliminary task is to film a character opening a door, sitting down and having conversation with character 2. For my interpretation of preliminary task; Character 1, which is Anna Alvarez (my teammate), is going inside the Art Room to ask Character 2, which is Andrew Ralston (my friend), for some blue paint. It is a very simple story but will contain lots of different style of Cinematography.

Filming:

My role is the "cameraman"; I filmed the preliminary task whereas my teammate acted the whole scenes. The types of shots I used are Medium Long shot for the very first shot; Low angle medium long shot zooming in; an extreme close ups (opening the door knob and blue paint); match on action when going inside the room; establishing shot meeting of the two characters; and shot reverse shot (over the shoulder conversation).

Editing:

I am very pleased with the results as the extra added sounds and video effects works well with the film. I think even though most of the time the clips are cut; but it looks fluid and smooth to watch. The shots worked really well too (right positions in the screen) and they are very appropriate for the dialogues we've used/

As a group I think we've worked really well; Anna really co-operated with me suggesting which one's good and which one's bad. We also did the story board together so we'd have our both opinions. 

With practice, I feel more confident using the videocamera and editing the clips using Imovie. The more you interact with them the more you learn. 

[image credits: http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=videocamera#/d29qfi]