Preliminary Task - Video

Preliminary Task - Video

Preliminary video evaluation

For our preliminary video, we all went in blindly to complete this task with no previous experience in film. We made many mistakes which allowed us to learn for our future filming.

Our video was about a rebellious student who sneaks into a teachers office in order to steal test answers from the teachers computer. In order to portray different personality types, out actresses used specific body language and dressed a certain way to mimic stereotypes. For example, the student was dressed in a leather jacket to keep a sense of "coolness", and she was  cautious yet fast and attentive to her surroundings as she went to take the answers. Nonetheless, she presented herself with a sense of carelessness towards everything. On the other hand, the teacher is dressed more properly with a suit jacket and presents herself more elegantly and mature.

As for our shots, I do believe we got the general idea of the shots and how they need to be shot down pack, yet we must work on our editing and take into consideration the different lightings, sound, and other general factors when we film.

All in all, I believe we did a good job and we learned the basics. Over time before we start filming I believe as we research more our skills will be polished to make our end result great.

Film Techniques

Match on Action: 

Refers to film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action

Shot/Reverse shot:

Where one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character

180 degree rule: 

States that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another . When the camera crosses the line and the shot becomes a reverse angle.