Preliminary Task

1. At a micro, technical level, how well did you observe the conventions of continuity and the language of editing?

The scene we created involved a disturbed patient going to his weekly psychiatrist. We demonstrated the an establishing shot of the 'psychiatrist office', in the opening scenes. This accompanied the match on action shot that was used by Danny (patient) entering the building. We used a wide shot to show Danny walking to his appointment, this helped us see more of the building and aided the audience to understand the setting of the place. We used a medium-close up shot to show an interaction between the receptionist (Owen) and Danny, for the audience to get a closer look at how Danny's character is portrayed. Next we used a close-up to show turmoil between the two characters, Danny and Omar, this again gave us a further insight on how Danny's role in society and how he is shown. We then used the shot-reverse shot to show the communication between Danny and Iggy (psychiatrist). We made sure not to break the 180 degree rule so the shot looked flawless. With the use of editing such as parallel editing we could create juxtaposition and similarities within the world we created.  

2. What were you pleased with? What seems to work well and why?

I was delighted with the effort given into the editing because we decided to use many different camera techniques which meant we had a lot of options on the type of production we created. I was also very pleased by the story-line we created as it enabled us to work with a variety of effects; post editing such as using cross fade to help suggest that time has passed between scenes.The location we used enhanced our scenes as the setting of the scenes (psychiatrist office) and the way the school looks like complimented each-other. Our production was different compared to highly overused drug scenes which seem not show the creativity as much. I was most pleased with the fact that all of us were assigned to our preferred roles. This helped us work efficiently and to the best of our abilities.

3. What mistakes did you make? What would you have done differently?

A few problems did occur due to the different ideas some of the group members had. This meant some of our scenes changed from the planning stage as we had to please everyone within the group. I would have instead have shot all the scenes and made a decision at the editing stage; this would then help the fellow members to understand how it work or not work. Another difficulty was the the shaky camera, this affected our chances of having flawless professional shots. I would have made sure that the camera was fixed properly onto the tripod. Teachers were using the conference room that we used as the psychiatrist office, so we had to rush some scenes which meant it wasn't to its best standard.

4. How did you manage the group dynamics, equipment and resources?

We used a minimal amount of equipment because the scenes we took were very simple, but effective. The camera we used had both the video and audio recording. This enabled for us to have a smooth and easy editing process. The group dynamic was calm and co-operative. We filmed for three days. Each day we had a set plan on what to film. For example, the first day we chose to shoot the scenes of Danny entering the building. The second day we filmed the scene building up to the penultimate scene. This was were we used many techniques such as close up shot, match on action etc. The last day we filmed the actual encounter and conversation. Through this organisation we could easily adapt ad film.

5. What problems did you just encounter logistically?


A few minor problems occurred during our preliminary task For example,during our editing the sound was not present for the first few days. This caused delays in my work and mistakes in my editing . Although this was fixed by the teacher who adjusted where the audio of the videos were saved. However, this still affected the editing process, as we had to edit in silence for 2 sessions. Another problem that occurred was our inability to work were we wanted during open evening. This was because the conference room was i use, this meant we couldn't film our main scene. This affected our organisation, as we had to change our timetable to film on another day. Fortunately, these problems were easily overcome.