Ben Treloar evaluated his preliminary film task. He was pleased with the match on action camera angles and how he adapted two shots of a character sitting into a continuous scene. The use of restricted music also satisfied his creative vision. However, the dialogue was difficult to hear due to background noise, some shots were unusable due to accidental camera movement, and filming the first shot in a busy area took a long time. Overall he was happy with his finished film and learned lessons to apply to future productions.

1. Evaluating My
Preliminary Task
Ben Treloar

2. What Worked Well
 I feel that the camera angles, in particular the match on
action shots were well done.
 I feel that the way I adapted the two angles of Sam
sitting on a chair into one continuous flowing scene
was very successful, it maintains a through line of
action and gives the scene a dynamic edge.

3. What Worked Well Continued
 I also feel that my use of music satisfied my creative vision
for the film, I intended for music use to be restricted to an
audio “sting” used at the beginning of the film in a manner
reminiscent of sitcom transition music.
 I am satisfied with the way that the Beach Boys instrumental
“I’m in Great Shape” coincides with Sam’s steps down the
corridor in the opening shot, and the way in which his
opening of the door synchronizes with one of the saxophone
notes, the song clip also finishes fading out as soon as the
first dialogue is spoken, making the music feel professionally
incidental.

4. What Could Be Improved.
 I was unsatisfied with the way that the dialogue was
recorded, the words are difficult to make out as they
are quiet and are overpowered by the humming of
machines in the room, in the future I would record
dialogue with a separate microphone and film in
locations where there are fewer noisy industrial
machines.
 Some shots were unsalvageable due to accidental
camera movement, in future I would not hold the
camera whilst it is attached to the tripod, I would let it
stand on its own to prevent accidental shifting.

5. What Could Be Improved
Continuedd
 Filming the first shot was difficult as we are filming in a
location where many people pass, so it took a long time
before we had a window of time where no people were
passing long enough to film the scene, the next time
that I film I will either film in more private locations or
find out the best time to film in areas that can be busy.

6. Conclusion
 In conclusion I am happy with my finished film, and I
have learned a lot about filming that I can use in the
future from problems encountered during its
production.