Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task

This is my preliminary video. Our task was to film a sequence in which a person walks through a door and exchanges dialogue with another person. I chose to write a dialouge for two friends that havents seen each other in a long time and they plan to catch up.

My first attempt at filming was very poor though.

 Firstly, I used my iphone 6 to film the preliminary instead of a camcorder or DSLR camera. This resulted in bad quality picture and a small screen, which makes the experience of the video unenjoyable for viewers. I had not done research into recording and therefore assumd that my phone recorder would turn out the same quality. This also lead to a wobbley picture which is annoying for veiwers trying to watch the video.

Secondly, the whole video was all in one shot. This means there was no editing involved and that resulted in a lousy video. Different shots were included in the video such as the over the shoulder shot and close up however they were not edited into the video and this made it hard for audiences to identify them as that particular camera shot or angle. Because of the phone recorder I was unable to adjust the frame in time and that resuted in unwanted close ups and the actors being cut out of the picture at some points.

Thirdly, no lighting or microphone was used. This means that the sound was low quality. As you can hear, the actors dialouge is fuzzy and at times you are unable to hear it. Some of this is down to the surround sound and white noise that was in the filming location. At the time, a lot of people were in the room and having their own conversations therefore making it hard to hear the actors speak as their speech was getting flooded by the surround sound. The lighting was not atrosious yet it could of been improved on with something like a reflector. The lighting does not mirror what is happening in the video at all which doesnt help communictae the videos story. 

The location was a fairly good one as it is in a school filled with students. The two actors see each other for the first time in ages and start talking. I think the location of a school was fairly good for this particular story. The make up and costume also fitted with the story as they are dressed like sixth formers and wearing mininmal make up which makes them fit in well with the school.