1. PRELIMINARY EVALUATION SHEET
Quality of Summary My honest evaluation- Strategies put forward to
what was done well and make sure a high quality is
what was not of good maintained.
standard? Try to cite
specific example and
moments from your video
Quality of holding a shot While we were shooting our In the future in order to make
steady preliminary task we didn’t shots constantly steady we
use a tripod however our can use a tripod which will
shots were mostly steady, at reduce blur from shaking the
times they were a bit shaky camera and make the quality
however we did well to of the shot better and make it
maintain a steady shot look more proficient.
which makes the quality of
the shot a lot better.
Quality of the framing shots We used various framing In the future we can make
shots including reverse cuts even more shots of each clip,
and we successfully applied we can use different angles
the 180-degree rule keeping and a tripod to consistently
the camera on the same produce a steady shot.
side of the 180-degree line.
Different camera angles
were used and at least 2
shots of each clip was made
so that when editing we
could use the best clip.
Quality of shooting material In our preliminary task we As well as using all these
appropriate to the task set- had to show a person methods our film also had to
i.e. the content of your film walking through a door and look real as if two people
pre and post editing was talking to another person were casually meeting up and
consistent with the exam with a small amount of talking. When filming the real
directives dialogue. We also had to put task we should do research
the following camera into different camera
techniques into effect: techniques in relation to the
- 180 Degree Rule genre of our opening two
- Reverse Shot minutes. We should maintain
- Match Cuts using the methods used
We included all these in our previously making them more
preliminary task when professional and appropriate
filming and even added to our film.
some editing such as slow
motion and audio effects.
Quality of selecting mise- When shooting our When we shoot our real film
en-scène including colour, preliminary task we didn’t we need to think about mise-
figure, lighting, objects and use much mise-en-scene, en-scene in much more
setting; Leon and Mohammed were depth, costume props and
dressed in casual clothes lighting should all be features
stereotypical to teenagers, of our mise-en-scene. We
the scene was shot in should research scenes,

2. school work was being costume and what they could
done, which was ideal to the portray when shooting in
dialogue, and what they order to convey different
were talking about. We used emotions, themes or
some props such as personas in our film.
schoolwork and pens, which
emphasized the idea of
doing work.
Quality of editing so that I think that when we were To maintain our high
meaning is apparent to the editing our film we standard of editing
viewer successfully showed that the techniques we should shoot
two people were having a different clips multiple times
conversation with the use of and then pick the best one
reverse shots. We also used when editing it into our film.
a point of view shot to show This ensures a high quality to
what Mohammed was be achieved – if one clip
looking at, and when it was wasn’t shot well then there
edited and put into our film it will be other clips to use.
made the conversation look
and feel smooth, with match
cuts and reverse shots
showing an engaged
conversation.
Quality of using sound with When editing we included a For our real film we should try
images and editing reverb sound effect for the out different editing effects to
appropriately for the task final shot where the pen was get the right one and replay
set; dropping, we also put it in them to the whole group and
slow motion however it was then get feedback on whether
too slow and the effect that or not to use it in the film.
we tried to portray wasn’t
done well.
Quality of positioning and In the preliminary task the In the real filming task we
movements of actors positioning and movements need to think about
of our actors was one of the positioning of characters a lot
more positive areas in terms more, we should go through
of quality. There position different positions and film all
stayed at a friend proximity of them then decide on
with gestures that suggests what’s right for the theme and
an informal talk. However what we will be trying to
the position of the portray i.e. intimacy, informal,
characters when they were formal.
talking stayed quite formal in
terms of where they were
sitting (opposite each other)

3. but they were quite laid back
at times which would
suggest an informal talk.
Quality of group planning, Our group worked well For our real task we need to
meeting targets, together in my opinion, we frequently meet up during
organization were well organized and free time and plan what we’re
committed, this made us going to film and when. We
able to shoot our preliminary need to continue our
task earlier which gave us commitment and
more time for editing and communication in the group
even possible decisions to to get the task achieved.
re-shoot some parts of the
clip. We met our target of
completing the film within
the given time frame and
everyone put in effort to get
it done, our organizer made
a table of when all people in
our group had free time and
we used it to meet up and
complete the set task.
Group dynamics i.e. how The group dynamics were When filming our real task we
did your group work quite good; we all got on need to keep up the group
together with each other which I think dynamics making it enjoyable
helped when filming, we all to work with each other but
communicated well and this we also need to get good
helped a lot when filming. amounts of work done at the
Everyone was given same time.
different roles in the group
and when asked to meet up
for filming everyone did.
Other points of evaluation Overall our preliminary task For our real task we will have
( e.g. equipment related etc) went really well, however a tripod which will help a lot
the biggest problem was not with steady shots and make
having the right equipment, our film look professional.
not having a tripod made our
film look quite amateur at
times which was a problem,
and if we want our real task
to look professional then we
should be prepared and
have all the right equipment.