Preliminary Task - Shooting

Filming the preliminary task allowed me improve upon my ability to construct media products using appropriate technical and creative skills. The preliminary task is a continuity exercise that's purpose is to, together with a group, shoot a two min continuity and edit it with adobe premiere. Through the shooting of this task I together with my group furthered my knowledge about camera management, creating a sequence, editing in postproduction, match on action, the use of shot reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

 

During our fourth studio lesson we began and finished filming the preliminary task. . The purpose of the preliminary task is to, together with a group, shoot a two min continuity that follows the storyboard given to your group (Presented in the post) and edit it with adobe premiere. By doing so our group was able to practice the different roles present on a film set. For instance we would constantly change the camera operator and director to allow every member of the group at having a go at either filming or directing. Furthermore the preliminary task gave us an opportunity to shoot a sequence like we have before, but a one that is more complex and filmed in our vision. Continuing the preliminary task also showed me and my team how long it can take to shoot a simple two-minute sequence, thus preparing us for future shootings. Overall I'd say that shooting the preliminary, whilst fun, was very similar in a sense to revising for a test. I say so because I practiced everything that I have learned in the previous studio lessons and thus have strengthened my knowledge about the following subjects in media studies. Finally I think shooting the preliminary task together with my group was a success.