Preliminary Evaluation

What planning did you do? How was this useful and how did you change from your plans?
Before we went shooting we drew up a story board plan and a script, this was to make sure filming ran as smootly as possible. The use of a story board made it very easy to visualise the transitions between shots and what the over all film would look like. The script is very useful when organising shots also because it lets you know when it would be suitiable to change camera angle using the '180 degree rule' and shot reverse shot. having the plan set out made it easier also ibn editing, because i didnt have to decide between a selection of shots, i only had one, this mnade editing very fast. we did not plan the suitavbility of the filming destination. this became a problem when we filmed a talking scene and couldn't hear the conversation due to back ground noise.

What camera skills have you developed? How confident are you with using the cameras, and has this confidence changed during the project? Give details of specific camera skills/techniques you have developed/improved, and include areas where you lack confidence/need to improve.
During the duration of the film i learnt that shots can have more of an effect if the are positioned differently, so instead of an over the shoulder follow we we used a low close up on the feet walking. It became aparant that low follow shots are very difficult to keep stable without a tri-pod. As you can see in the perliminary task the low follow shot is very shaky. we attempted using a skateboard to help stabalise the follow shot but unfortunatly it made to much back ground noise.
I found it very hard to get to grips with the '180 degree rule'. I made the mistake of crossing the line, and causing the shot to look messy and confusing to the viewer.

What editing skills have you developed? How confident are you with using the editing program? Give details of specific editing skills/techniques you have developed/improved, and include areas where you lack confidence/need to improve?
Whilst editing me and ruby experimented with slow mo for the first two opening shots, but it made the piece look messy and unorganised. the one thing i found hard with editing was cutting the seperate shots well enough to make them flow into each other without awkward pauses. After practice i can use the editing software to a suitiable standard, but i would like to learn how to adapt the image and use different effects effectively.

THE RULES

180 degree rule – Like the filming seen on a football match, all filmed from one side and the shot includes all characters and scene. great example in this from 0:44 onwards

Shot/Reverse Shot – Shot of one person, then a shot of something else then returning back to the original shot.

Over the Shoulder Shot – A shot which is taken in a conversation over the shoulder of one of the characters. As if the camera was the character talking. this shot is adapted beautifully in "28 Weeks Larter" with a reverse over the shoulder shot.

Wide, Close Up, Extreme Close Up – A transition through a variety of shots to give contrast and fast paced action.

Action, Match on Action – The action matches the transition of the camera.

Cutaway – Cutting from one shot straight to another.

Eyeline Match – Eyes of each of the characters are level with one another.

Noddy – A reaction shot which doesn’t involve speech