Preliminary Project

I worked with Hannah McCrossen, Cindy Wellings and Chloé Byerley for this preliminary production. They were fun and easy to work with; I was pleased with how well our group worked together and how quickly we put our idea into action. We all agreed on the idea of a student being later for school, as we thought that we could get the shots we needed in it and plus, we filmed it in school so our location fitted well.
I was very pleased with our overall clip; we had all of the required things needed to pass. We also added some music, transitions and a ticking noise for the clock so we could emphasise that the student was late.
We showed our clip to the rest of our class and we now know how we could improve and what we did well;


Good Points:* Good, steady shots.
* Mise en scene worked well; the location and costumes fitted well with the idea we had.
* Sometimes the rule of thirds was used in a good way.
* They thought that the hand held camera shot of Chloé running looked good.

Hand held shot of Chloe running.

* They liked the way we edited our clip, they flowed well.
* Good use of titles at the end.
Bad Points:
* At some points, the music was too loud; we should make it the same level throughout.
* The dialogue was quite quiet, which made it hard for the audience to hear what was said.
* In the classroom, there was an issue with the lighting; we filmed facing the window which made it difficult to see the actors faces; we should of filmed from the other side of the room.
* Sometimes the rule of thirds wasnt used, so next time we need to make sure it's used well throughout.

This is where there were issues with the lighting, because it is hard to see the characters faces.

Overall, I am pleased with the feedback from the class; we will make sure that we think about our improvements for our next task and we will take the things we did well and make sure we do it again.