Preliminary Task - Reflection

Today I, together with a group of classmates, have finished editing the preliminary task. By doing so I have learned how much time editing a media piece can take, and what steps to take in order to shoot a good sequence so as to make editing it simpler. When we shot our preliminary task we captured a number of short shots. This disallowed us from creating a smooth continuity due to do some of the continuity errors created through wrong camera and/or actor movement. For this reason next time when I will be shooting with any group in particular we will capture a wide and mid for the whole sequence as to make sure that there is a shot which the sequence can revert to in case any other transition does not work. Through the creation and edit of the preliminary task I was our group was also able to practice the capturing methods of shot reverse shot and match on action. We did this by filming the sequence from different points of views while capturing certain moments more than one time. This made it easy for us to cut on action, as well as input use the shot reverse shot technique during the conversation between actors, all while editing. Generally I'd say that this task allowed me to improve upon my filming and editing abilities, all while practicing working with a group, which I will have to get used to in preparations for our thriller project.