The document reflects on a group's preliminary task in filmmaking, highlighting technical skills learned, effective time management, and collaborative dynamics. Areas for improvement include the need for a more detailed storyboard and planning for their main task, while they successfully implemented various camera techniques. The author also evaluated their contribution, expressing increased confidence and a desire for clearer roles in future projects.

1. PRELIMINARY
EVALUATION

2. What have we learned during the making of
our preliminary task?
• Technically I have learnt how to attach a camera to a tripod. I have learnt how to create a soundtrack
to add to videos, it has also made me think about what works and what doesn’t with different types of
genres. Additionally I have learnt how to do basic things on premier pro like cutting clips and increasing
speed for different effects.
• I think we managed time quite well. We got the majority of our shots filmed within the first week,
leaving us plenty of time in case we had to go back and shoot some more footage to add into parts of
the short film where continuity was not accurate. We also left around a week and a half for editing the
film and creating soundtracks. As we had a member of our group missing on the last week she did
quite a bit of the editing the week before which really gave us plenty of time to perfect and finish the
film.
• The dynamics of our group worked well I thought. We all had different strengths and weaknesses,
allowing us to help each other in certain aspects and improve the film in others.
• Our storyboard could have had more time spent on it, which would have helped us with knowing
exactly what needed filming that day and what sequence it was going to happen in.
• The only majorly obvious continuity issue we had in our movie was a couple of seconds where we
couldn’t get the cutting of the two clips to run smoothly into each other.

3. Areas of success
• Overall I think the finished version of our short film was quite successful for
a first attempt. Obviously we’d all used a camera before but we learned a
lot of new things to do with shots and editing. We wanted to take on board
these skills and complete the film to the best of our ability.
• We managed time really well I think, it was completed in time and we also
finished so we had around three lessons to perfect and alter mistakes we
hadn’t previously noticed.
• We took note of the camera angles we had learnt about in both our theory
and practical lessons and tried to incorporate them into our film. We used
some low angled shots which were quite interesting to watch and some
close ups which showed the differences in behaviour between the two
characters.

4. Areas for development
I think for our main task we should plan our vision for the film better. I
think we should make a map of our ideas and create a detailed story
board with all the camera angles we want to use. Also I think we should
write down if we want any bits to be sped up or slowed down, or if we
want to alter the saturation, filter or sharpness of any sections.
This time round we will not need to use any of our time for practicing
shots or have any delays with working the camera. So we can get
straight into planning and filming. This will remove any activities that
could waste time.

5. Meeting the brief
In terms of the 180 degree rule I think we achieved it quite well. When
watching our film you can tell the characters are looking at each other
and it becomes clear that they are having a conversation.
We also used shot/reverse shot to show the reactions of the person
when the intense conversation takes place.

6. Feedback from others

7. Evaluation of my contribution to our groups
work:
• I filmed a lot of the footage for our preliminary task. I tried to experiment with different
angles and distances to create different effects. I also helped with the editing of the film,
I clipped the last few videos and added them to the work amber had done previously. I
also helped to create the soundtrack for our film. Additionally I created the title for our
movie. I used black and white to create an edgy, sharp effect.
• I was present every lesson that we were completing our task and was willing to put in
any extra time that was necessary to make our film the best it could be.
• I have become more confident using a camera which I think will be useful in preparation
for our main task. Also I feel a bit more prepared in terms of becoming more familiar
with different devices that are available for us on premier pro. So we can edit our main
task professionally and effectively.
• I think our group worked well together. we mainly took lead in different sections of
creating the film. However I think for the main task we should have clearer roles in terms
of what our own priorities should be so we all have something to do all the time.