Preliminary Task

For our preliminary task, we had to include certain film techniques such as a match on action and a shot-reverse-shot. We decided to create more of a story around these in order ton show our ability as well as making the video more interesting.

Storyboard

We planned out the footage we needed to film by drawing a storyboard:



In each frame we drew, we needed to indicate any action taking place in this shot using arrows, for example when I am walking across the room, there is an arrow pointing in the direction of the media suite.
In addition to this, we wrote the duration and type of shot, whether it was interior or exterior, the action in the shot and sound effects we would add to it. We also stated that we would be using straight cuts for every transition.

Filming

We filmed our preliminary task in chronological order, excluding the tracking shots, close ups of me looking shocked and the shot-reverse-shot. For this we filmed all of my parts first, getting closer to my face in order to maintain the angle at which we filmed from, then repeated this for Molly. This was because another group were also filming in the same room, so we had to wait until they had completed shooting all their footage in order to not break the continuity of their video.

For most shots we filmed using a phone on a tripod to ensure that the footage was not shaky and therefore looked professional. However, for the tracking shots, we did not have a dolly or any alternative so we decided that we would get the best results from just walking with the phone off of the tripod. 

Editing

The editing process for our preliminary task consisted of cutting together the sections that we did not film in order, adding in non-diegetic sound (dramatic music) and making sure that the diegetic sound obtained from the original video was loud enough and uninterrupted. For some shots we had to use sound from discarded footage as it was clearer and so we had to fit it correctly to the action. 

When editing together shots we also had to make sure that we matched the action so that the video flowed and looked like it was filmed all in one take. To do this we just lined up the action of the last few frames of a shot with the first few of the next. We also added some animation to the part where I looked shocked in order to create more tension within the scene. At this point, we darkened the colour to create drama and left it this way up until I walk back out of the media suite door at the end.