The edit.


Here is the URL to my final video edit.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGgUx3B6BIk&feature=g-upl

StoryBoard.


Before starting to film, we needed to have a well-planned out storyboard that includes mis-en-scene, characters, any dialogue and locations. By doing so this made our work alot more easier as we knew exactly what we wanted to do and film.This is my storyboard: 

Hello I'm Cleo Stella and i am a student here at Yale College Wrexham. I am study my first year of A-levels at the moment which are, media, english language and modern history.


This is a welcoming post to my blog, this is what is going to consist of.


- The Prelim Task is a continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom they will exchange a few lines of dialogue. This task will demonstrate our understanding of match on action, shot/reverse shot, and the 180-degree rule.



- The Main Task involves filming and editing the titles and opening of a new Crime fictional film, which has to be a maximum of two minutes in length. 

-This Blog will chart my progress from the Research and Planning, the Construction of the Main Task, through to the Evaluation of the final product. Every post that I blog will be supported by evidence in the form of either images, audio, videos and links to online resources.

Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task

This is a task that we were set as a continuity task. We were put into groups of 3-4 and we had to film a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom they exchange a few lines of dialogue. We had to film and edit our short clip and we had to demonstrate that we understood match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

I was working in a group with Carys and Haydn Kidd and we decided to do a mysterious detective-like video. It included a female character, who was played by myself, exiting a lift and going through a door. It isn't until the male character, who was played by Haydn, was in shot that we saw the female character's face, which created a sense of mystery. 

This is what we produced:

As you can see, we broke the 180-degree rule during the conversation that is happening between the two characters. 

The three things that I wish to improve on are:

1. Not breaking the 180-degree rule.
2. More shots used in filming as there were only a few used in this task.
3. Allow more time for editing and sound as the majority of our time was spent on filming.

Pitch.

In this post i will tell you how my group pitched out ideas to our peers. We made a power point and presented it to our class..

The feedback that I got from the class was very useful. They told me that it was slightly over-complicated, having too many characters, that I should just stick to the main two, Charles and Camilla. Just over half of the class didn’t like the reason why Charles wanted the virus, so we took that into consideration, and changed it. They also told me that they didn’t like the ending where both main characters died, so I changed it so that just one of the main characters died.
The class liked the idea of using no narrative, as they believed that it would add to the suspense and atmosphere of the film, so I stuck with having no dialogue throughout my opening sequence. They also liked the idea of having a deadly virus, as more than 75% of the class said they would watch my film in the cinema, with the suggestions they had made.
When discussing the costume of the characters, they told me that they thought Charles’ character shouldn’t be in formal clothes, only Camilla’s character should. I took this into consideration and ‘down-dressed’ Charles’ character slightly. I believe this worked because Charles is a young character.
The class told me that I had Camilla’s character spot on, and they loved the ideas I pitched about her. They agreed that she should be in formal clothes, and have no dialogue, and it would keep the audience guessing.
Overall, I used the majority of ideas that my class suggested to me, and I believe I was right to do so, as it has greatly bettered my film in many different ways.

Question 7 - looking back at the preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in progression from it to your final product?

The titles used in the Preliminary task, in comparison to the final product, were very boring and plain:

As you can see, the title from the bottom picture, taken from the final product, is much more interesting and exciting, in terms of font, colour and style.

The camera was very shaky in some parts of the Preliminary task:

As you can see, the bottom picture is a lot more steady and clear, as I decided to use a tripod for my film.

The lighting used in the Preliminary task was extremely good:

We decided as a group that natural lighting looked more realistic and was generally better to use for our final product.

The acting in our final product was much better and more professional, as in the Preliminary task, the acting was not taken very seriously, and one of the characters kept laughing:

The acting in our final product was taken much more seriously, and I believe that the acting was good.

In the Preliminary task, my group accidentally broke the 180 Degree Rule:

This is how we broke the 180 Degree Rule in our Preliminary task.

Question 6 - what have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?


We have used a range of different technologies whilst creating our film.

Camera.

The camera i used to film my project was a Canon HV40. I had not previously used a camera of this sort and had to learn all the key functions as to how to operate it properly to get the best result. For example, Zoom and focus, which played key parts whilst i was filming. 

Adobe premier pro.

I had never previously used this editing software before, so myself and Carys decided to let Haydn (who had previous experience editing films using the software) to do the majority of the editing, whilst constantly giving suggestions and giving it a go ourselves. However, as Haydn became ill during the editing period, both myself and Carys had to quickly learn how to use the software, so we booked extra time on the computer and tried to get as much practise in as we could. We eventually grasped how to use it, and managed to edit our film with no problems. We had to insert transitions, add titles and cut irrelevant clips.

Blogger.

I have not perviously used blogger before. But it is a very quick and simple to use. I extremly enjoyed workig on blogger and will definately use it again in the future. From having inital ideas about the film right through to the evaluation of it. I like how i have progressed through the making of it and all the evidence has been recorded on here. 

YouTube.

I used YouTube a lot whilst blogging about my media coursework. I found it useful to find clips to compare my own film to other crime films. It also helped greatly when getting screenshots from current films, and the title sequences of those films.

Powerpoint.

I used PowerPoint to create the presentation that I pitched to my class. It was extremely easy to use and it helped me create a professional pitch.