2. How well did you plan your
production and what methods
did you use?
• We were given roughly two weeks to plan and agree upon what our
production would be about with our group.
• To start with we produced a brainstorm of our ideas, we roughly
scribbled a few ideas and created a framework and filled it in on a
structured short timeline.
• However, while working on the brainstorm, we had a different idea to
begin with, which was too complicated to record as our preliminary
task. Therefore, my group decided to change the storyline and go for a
more basic set, so we can practice our recording and editing skills.
• When we decided to change our main idea, which was about domestic
violence, we changed it completely to a social scene where two girls
meet at their collage and have a short conversation.
• Our final idea was more practical and helped us have an idea of what it
is like to record and edit. Now that we have the experience and know
what it is like to record and edit, next time we have decided to go for a
more complex idea.
3. What influenced your choice of
theme?
• Domestic violence was hard to act upon and record, so we
decided to forget that theme and go for a social theme.
• The idea of a simple social theme sounded easy and more
practical for us, as it is our first time recording and it is our first
time using Adobe Premiere Pro.
• After discussing the main aims of the Preliminary Task, we
created a project that would help improve our editing skills.
• The idea of a social theme was the best option to help us
practice and explore our skills.
4. Was this an effective method?
• I believe our method was effective. We discovered our skills
and flaws in equal measures.
• For example, we did not set the camera on auto, and 26
seconds into the video, you could see it is edited.
• While filming we weren't aware that we had to turn on the
auto button therefore, while recording the light in the
background made the screen really white. This was later
realised when we were editing and it resulted in problems.
• We used Adobe Premiere Pro, increased the contrast.
• This task helped us understand how to use the camera, also it
made each member feel included, as we all helped each other
out during the production of the video.
5. How well did your product
meet the original proposal?
• The time frame, and our lack off experience in recording and
editing made it impossible to take our original proposal into
action.
• Therefore, my group and I had a group meeting and changed
our original proposal and came up with a more short and
experimental idea.
• While our original plan was action themed, our current
iteration has nothing to do with action or violence, it is social.
It is a more casual setting, far different from our original
proposal.
7. Camera Composition &
Movement of Shots
• Composition exists in a context. That context is the frame,
which is itself an element of picture composition. It is what is
currently in the view of the camera, and its lence.
• It is what is being captured. For example, things such as long
shots, close shots, and wide shots.
• Movement is the effect that tracking and zooming have on the
shorts. For example, you can change the lens of the camera to
focus, or capture a action from a distance.
8. Mise en Scene.
• The arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play -
the setting or surroundings of an event. It is made up of the
following:
• Props and settings.
• Costume, hair and makeup.
• Positioning of characters and objects within the frame of the
scene.
• Facial expressions of the characters.
• Lighting and colour within the scene, also the colour of
objects.
9. Diegetic & Non-Diegetic Sound
• Diegetic sound is any sound that is presented as originated
from source within the film’s world. Diegetic sound can either
be on or off screen depending on its sources. It is sound
whose origin point is visible on the screen (characters voice)
like an actual sound.
• Non-diegetic sound is the sound that is added afterwards for
example narrative voice sound effects.
