Group: Preliminary task- Lesson 3

• When shooting our preliminary task i learnt that when filming there are many ways of moving and angling the camera to create specific effects for example ,running with the camera (Handy cam ) can emulate a chase scene as seen in many television dramas and films .
• The best shots that we were able to take were close ups of the protagonist and antagonist's facial expressions when dialogue is being used,these were our best shots because the non-verbal language we captured in these showed the mood and intentions of character's.
• The main difficulties we encountered when filming were when to start filming a shot and when to end it ,we found this difficult because we tended to give vocal signals which ruined some of our best footage.
• When editing i learnt that some of the best shots are the shortest,such as when we were trying to continuity edit clips such as a moving through a door scene small 1 second clips can make a huge difference in the realism and can change the tempo of a scene.
• During post production i learnt that when adding non-digetic sound it is sometimes more effective to add two lines of music ,this beefs up the sound and allows combinations of eerie thriller tracks and suspense tracks to make a more horror like track.
• The main strengths in our production are the shots of facial close ups and the facial expressions which they show, this non verbal language says more than a lot of dialogue .
• The main weakness in our production was the digetic sounds that came with our original footage this was because there were other peoples voices in the back ground and subsequently we had to turn down the digetic sound to salvage the footage.

When we film and edit our opening sequence my three main tips would be.

1. Make sure there are no unwanted digetic sounds such as loud voices or cars etc.
2. Make sure to take 2-3 takes of each shot so that you have a wider variety of shots.
3. Plan the sequence ,shots and events that are going to happen even if changes have too be made which is inevitable.