2. My Prelim Footage

MY PRELIM FOOTAGE

EVALUATION

What I've learnt:

The video above is the prelim video which we created. I have developed skills along the process. During planning, I've learnt to judge and analyse other videos properly. During filming, I've learnt to use the camera; the setting up and down of camera, moving it around, zooming in and out etc. During editing, I've learnt to use a new software and how to edit it such as adding effects, titles and music in the background.

How successful is my video:

It's fair to say that our video has been quite successful because our video included a person walking to the door, through the room to the table and sitting down who then has a conversation with the other person already sitting there. We tried to get as many different shots as we could possible get which included close ups, wide angle shots, side angle shots and back shots.

What I was most good at and least good at:

The skills I was particularly good at was the camera skills because I have experience of using the camera before. It is also very simple to do. Watching a lot of movies generally also helped me with the shots we took during our filming because I am familiar with how movie shots are taken. During planning, we all shared ideas and made our own storyboard. So for planning, we all did good at. The skills that I were less good at was editing because I was not familiar with the software and it took me time to get used to it. Other than that, the rest of the planning and filming was good and simple to do.

What worked well and what did not:

I think the first half of the video worked more well than the other half because we took our time to take the shots at the beginning and there weren't much people around. However, by the other half, the surroundings start to get noisy and there were more people which is why it is hard to hear the conversation between the characters.

Improvements:

The changes I would make is the location and costumes. I would change the location to somewhere that is quiet and suitable for what we are filming to go with the whole theme and make it more believable. Also, so that there aren't anyone else talking apart from the characters. This will make it clear and easy for the audience to understand. I would also change the costumes to create a dramatic effect just to make the video more interesting.

Storyboards and Shots:

I've learnt that storyboarding and shot lists are very important because it makes so much easier for us to film as we already have an idea of what shot we are going to take. Also, it saves time during filming as we won't have to make decisions on the spot but instead, copy what we drew and wrote on our storyboards. It is very helpful and keeps us organised.

The software that we used to edit our video is 'Premiere Pro':