Evaluation of Prelim
We didn't face many problems in pre-production and we all agreed on what shots to use and the location of our filming. Our story board allowed us to move from shot to shot smoothly. We decided that Jack would direct and be the camera man whilst Billie and I would star in the prelim. Once we had decided everyone's role in the production we went to our chosen location, being the upstairs corridor of our humanities block. We chose this location due to how spacious it is and its diversity allowing us to use a variety of different camera angles and shots.
Unlike pre-production, many problems arose during the production of our prelim. After getting permission from the head of humanities to use their building to film we then began production. We decided our first shot would be a mid shot which is then followed by a wide shot showing me walk through the door on the other side creating smooth continuity with in our prelim, this is also known as the invisible art meaning the audience is not aware of it. We realized when looking at our first few shots they had been filmed portrait instead of landscape meaning we had to re-do them which caused slight delay but did not majorly effect us. We then had to shoot me walking down a long corridor and I found it very difficult to stay serious at the beginning and this made it difficult to get the shot we wanted but I then pulled myself together and it was no longer a problem whilst filming. There were minor delays whilst filming due to wandering staff and activity in the surrounding class rooms however we realized these were issues we would have to be patient with. Apart from these unavoidable delays production was not to difficult,
Post-production was the most challenging as editing wasn't as straight forward as anticipated and when seeing the result of the editing I realized errors that I then had to return to and re-edit. Finding how challenging editing is has made me realize that it is important to leave plenty of time to edit our thriller opening as it will not be fully effective the first time we edit. Once I got the hang of editing it wasn't too difficult however I felt a lot of frustration whilst editing as it was not going right the first time. Jack suggested that we remove our 360 degree shot as it interrupted the continuity of the clip and we all agreed with this suggestion. After editing the shots and putting them together I decided to add a final touch being the soundtrack just so we could try and build tension as this is something we will have to achieve in our thriller opening. The soundtrack is not ideal and is effective to some extent but has made us realize we need to be very selective and critical when choosing our music and use of sound as it is very important.
Post-production was the most challenging as editing wasn't as straight forward as anticipated and when seeing the result of the editing I realized errors that I then had to return to and re-edit. Finding how challenging editing is has made me realize that it is important to leave plenty of time to edit our thriller opening as it will not be fully effective the first time we edit. Once I got the hang of editing it wasn't too difficult however I felt a lot of frustration whilst editing as it was not going right the first time. Jack suggested that we remove our 360 degree shot as it interrupted the continuity of the clip and we all agreed with this suggestion. After editing the shots and putting them together I decided to add a final touch being the soundtrack just so we could try and build tension as this is something we will have to achieve in our thriller opening. The soundtrack is not ideal and is effective to some extent but has made us realize we need to be very selective and critical when choosing our music and use of sound as it is very important.
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