Preliminary

By Emily Dougall, Emily Thompson, Emily Olver & Lucy Bland

Evaluation 

Our preliminary was very different to previous students which normally consist of a deal or exchange, our piece gives humour. Overall I think our prelim was successful, we used a range of camera shots and angles. Our prelim has positives and negatives and also improvements.

At the beginning when Emily is walking out to the bench, I think this is the strongest part as we were able to use a variety of camera shots and angles, which showed our understanding of the different shots/angles. It also flows really well with no dramatic cuts which show our editing ability. I also think the black and white worked really well, fitting with the image and the music. The music ‘Chamillionaire’ also worked really well, as it was in the time with the movement and the image of the four boys, making it humorous.

To be able to improve this piece I think we need to be more careful and to check what may be in view, such as at 0:32 to 0:36 an apple is in the background of the shot, which spoils the image slightly. As well as at 0:36-0:41 a PE lesson is in view, by putting it in  black and white it does put the PE lesson out of focus slightly. One thing we did not include is dialogue, if we were to include any speech it would improve our piece as we would have fitted the whole criteria and an over the shoulder shot meaning more camera shots would have been used.

From doing this prelim I am now more aware of how to use the cameras and editing software. I also now understand a basic outline of how films, programmes and adverts are created. I am also more confident with the filming/editing equipment meaning my thriller opening will hopefully be more successful.