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1. Reflection of p task
What was the task?
We had to create a 2-minute clip including the following:
180 degree rule, Match on action, Shot reverse shot, Conversation and walking into a room
and sitting down, Parallel editing, Graphic match and Consideration of framing – range of
shot types, Range of angles, Consideration of lighting, Tracking/panning – movement,
Consideration of mise en scene – costumes, gestures, expressions, setting, Enigma codes
and action codes.
How effectively did we plan it?
I believe our planning as a group was one of the main reasons why I believe the p task was
not successful. During planning we found it hard to make up our minds on the motivation
behind why the characters were meeting up. Deciding on who would play the characters
was easy. I & Hentrik were both willing to be in the actual video, which left Harley doing the
camera works.
Did everyone in the group contribute effectively - how could you improve this for the main
task?
Everyone contributed effectively, Harley done a lot of the camera work as me and Hentrik
were in the actual video, all 3 of us contributed to directing. Harley edited his own version,
which left me and Hentrik to edit together. The reason why we didn’t make our own
individual edits is because Hentrik is relatively new to editing, so I led and helped him with
the process as I know how to edit well.
For the main task I’d rather not be in the actual video, this is because I’d like to have more
of a chance to do camera work, which is one thing I lacked in this task.
What went well on set/day of the shoot?
Things which went well on the day of filming were our improvisation. Our planning was
relatively poor which led to us having very little knowledge on what we would actually be
filming. However as a group we improvised and came up with ideas as we went along.
Although this went well, it did take up a lot of unnecessary time. In the next task I believe
we would need to improve on our planning so when it comes to the day of filming we can
get straight in to and not waste any time on thinking. One thing which went well was our
team work, we didn't come to any disagreements.
What problems did you encounter?
The biggest problem which we encountered was both cameras running out of battery
meaning we did not get to film everything we wanted which led to us leaving out key
components from the p task for example we didn't have a variety of angles.
What have you learnt in terms of how you will run the shoots for your film opening?

2. I've learnt that for the film opening we will need to plan more effectively and also make sure
the cameras we use have battery life which lasts. Also I noticed that in one of the scenes
there is a tripod left in the background, which looked very unprofessional. Not having a
script wasted a lot of time, so for the film opening I now know that I and my group will need
to think carefully about producing a script which embeds well with the task.