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Analysis of preliminary

The plotline of our preliminary task was that of a meeting between two students, to add realism to the scene we used natural lighting and diagetic sound throughout, we chose to film the scene in loreto college as it was fitting with the theme of the preliminary.

We filmed a variety of shots from different angles so as to have a wide range of shots to choose from during the editing stage of our project, the majority of these shots were discarded so as to save time.

We planned to begin our scene with an establishing shot in the form of an ariel shot of the college, so as to set the scene, however due to limited time we later discarded this in the editing process.

The first shot we chose to use in our clip was a static mid-shot of the main character, the shot was framed by the college gates, this also works to show where the scene is set, the character is seen holding a mobile phone, this shows the character is in a conversation, he is also wearing a bag which adds to the image of him being a college student.

This is followed by a match-cut of a close-up of the characters feet; this connects the clips together seamlessly, and shows that distance has been travelled, one negative about this shot is that the camera was placed on an angle and therefore the shot is tilted.

The next shot is a high-angle long-shot of the character continuing to walk toward the college, the hand-held effect is used to add the feeling that the character is being watched.

Another medium shot is then used in which the character walks toward the camera, in which dialogue is used to show that the character is looking for someone, this is followed by a shot of the character walking away from the camera and into the college doors.

More continuity editing is used to show the character passing through the college and into the canteen, such as a high angle shot filmed from the top of the stairs.

The next set of clips focus on the conversation between the two characters, we use the 180 degree rule throughout the clip so as to avoid distorting the perspective of the viewer, shot-reverse shot is used, aswell as over-the-shoulder shots and a 2-shot showing both characters. The scene ends with a final close-up of the main characters face, used to show the emotion on his face following the slap.

We filmed some really good shots and the film as a whole seems to flow well. However the sound sometimes jumps between shots and some of the conversation does not flow properly while switching between different shots. The acting became a problem when looking at the different clips we filmed. When putting them together we found that one of the characters faces jumped from being happy to angry with a straight face which looks quite odd and disturbs the flow of the preliminary.

We have learnt quite a lot through filming and editing the preliminary, which has helped us to see where we could potentially go wrong, and what we can include when filming the main task as well as editing too.