2. How effective was the pre-production workflow
for your preliminary task?
We worked well as a group, sharing and discussing ideas and noted down
what each other had said. What helped us a lot was creating story boards to
help us visualise our final ideas towards the task. Listening to one and others
ideas and cooperating well has a group really helped as it made it easier to
think of an interesting video. We could have done a few things better if we
had a second chance to do so. I think we spent to much time thinking of an
idea rather than getting on with the task, we did argue quite a bit causing
problems within the group but we know now to just get on with the task and
to complete a quality piece of filming. It was quite difficult thinking of an idea
we all liked causing us to fall behind slightly.
3. What technology did you use to film the
task and how well did this go?
The technology we used to film the task was an IPad. This was a
good piece of equipment to use as they are easy to hold as they
are light and quite thin. The camera quality of the IPad is also
good making our filming clear. The problem we had using the
IPad was that you have to hold it and keep a steady hand as it
doesn’t fix onto a tripod.
4. What did you learn from the actual filming that
you will need to think about in the future?
We learnt that when filming you need to keep a steady hand to
get the best piece of filming, if you can’t keep still then the video
will look poor and very hard to watch. I learnt that when filming
in the future it would definitely be easier to use a tripod to keep
the control and stillness for a better quality piece of filming.
5. What technology did you use to edit your
preliminary task and how well did this go?
The technology we used to edit our filming was iMovie. This was
a very useful piece of technology as it helped us create a quality
video. We added sound to go over the top which made it a lot
better. Without iMovie we couldn’t of done this and our video
would seem boring. We also had to choose which clips we
wanted and cut parts out so the video would flow better.
Considering it was the first time we used iMovie I think we did a
pretty good job.
6. How well does your completed preliminary task
meet the criteria set out for it?
I Think our preliminary task meets some of the criteria
set out because we had two character of which one
opens a door sits down and exchanges dialogue to the
other character and we also used shot/reverse shot.
7. What do you think, overall you have learnt from
the process of completing the preliminary task?
Overall I have learnt how to film a good piece of video.
I’ve learnt how to use various camera shots, camera
movements and how to film with an iPad. I now know
how to use iMovie and to edit clips and add different
sounds and effects.