Pre production, production and post production of our prelim.

1. Pre-production
In order to prepare for our prelim material, we conducted a story board in order to
plan for our video. Two drafts later we had an 11 frame story board in which we were
able to display how we would use the compulsory editing skills which included a the
180 degree rule, an action match and a shot reverse shot. The storyboard also
explained the use of sound we would use and movement of the camera. In order to
start the filming process, we met together to find an empty classroom within the
school. As this was the first time we’ve had to film, we chose to download the app
‘Splice’ in order to edit the shots we were about to film once decided upon the fact
we would simply use our phones to film. We ensured that the areas we were filming
in were clear so that our filming wouldn’t be disrupted. Our chosen locations were
the H block corridor and an empty classroom. From the pre-production process, we
have learnt that in order to prepare for a video there needs to be a lot of time taken
to come up with an idea and that there are going to be many drafts until the filming
process begins. Ideas will even change during filming and so storyboards will have
to be re-worked in order to match the video.
By Amelia

2. Production
Amelia, Rachel, Tommy and I filmed our prelim during our free period. We
agreed that Rachel and Amelia appeared in the prelim, I filmed it and Tommy
took pictures of us in the process of making the prelim. We made sure that we
followed the ideas on the storyboard which Amelia created, this included long
shots, mid shots, wide shots and a shot reverse shot. Also we had to make
sure that we didn’t break the 180° rule as we broke it in our first prelim, to do
this I made sure I was only on one side of Amelia and Rachel therefore the
180° rule wouldn’t of been broken again. In one of the shots Amelia closed
the door when it was open in the previous shot, therefore we had to film this
shot again because the door was supposed to be open. Another problem
which occurred was the shots at the end didn’t flow, therefore we had to
return to the same classroom with the same atmosphere to film another shot
to make the ending flow.
By Shannon

3. Some pictures Tommy took whilst we filmed the prelim..

4. Post-production
After we shot the prelim, it was our job to do the editing again, this was
because from the problems we had shooting the first time Shannon and I both
edited the first video separately and the video was wrong. We had 10 frames
which we had to edit in order to get a prelim using techniques such as a shot
reverse shot, tracking shot, focus pull and slow motion. We used edits for the
shots in a dissolving mode and just a clean cut edit in order for the video to run
smoothly. The Editing for post-production was easy due to the planning and the
very simple app ‘Splice’. The app was free and was very easy in adding shots,
transition changes and editing of the actual video such as speed, colour and
sound. Although we decided as a team not to add music in post-production as it
wasn’t a necessity and was purely to show technique. The app we will consider
using again as there are many ways in which the video can be edited and
changes, on the go via iPhone.
By Rachel