The document summarizes Katherine Allsop's experience with a preliminary film task. Her group was asked to film five shots of a door opening, sitting down, and a conversation using different techniques. They had to apply the 180 degree rule, match on action, and shot reverse shot. Things that went well included good group cooperation and setup. Things that could be improved included filming the full scene at once rather than in pieces and better camera placement. The task gave Katherine ideas for her 2 minute film opening, such as using fade effects and varying shot types.

1. G321 Preliminary Task Evaluation
Name: Katherine Allsop
In a group with: Adam Teskey and Jade Paul
Write about the preliminary task. What were you asked to do? How did you
find each stage of the process?
We were asked to create a scene of somebody opening a door, sitting down and
having a conversation with somebody. Altogether there were 5 shots to be taken,
using different techniques and effects. I found each stage fairly straight forward
although our group made a few mistakes along the way.
Write the 3 techniques/rules you learnt about during the preliminary task:
We had to include different techniques such as 180 degree rule which is very
important and if it’s done wrong, it will ruin the whole scene as it won’t look
right and not professional. We included match on action which is changing from
one shot to another, making it match perfectly. Lastly using shot reverse shot,
this is recording over somebody’s shoulder and then reversing it by recording
over the opposite person’s shoulder. This refers to the 180 degree rule, if you
cross the 180 degree line, you have done it wrong and the shot will not work.
List three things that went well during the filming/editing process:
 We got on and knew each other as a group, personally I think this is
important so you can work well together and get things done much more
easily.
 We had a fairly good set up and surrounding to get some shots that were
good to have in the scene.
 We all knew how to use the camera in different ways, e.g panning

2. List three things you think could have been improved in these stages:
 We could of recorded somebody doing the scene fully rather than doing
one shot at a time
 Although the setting was okay, it was quite difficult to get the correct
shots due to where we placed the camera
 We could have been a lot quicker doing it, I think if we ran through it first
properly, it would have been done quickly and effectively
Has the preliminary task given you any ideas for you 2-minute film
opening? If so, what? If not – think, then say 
The Preliminary task gave me a few ideas for my 2 minute film opening.. for
example, using fade in and fade out effects to make the shot more interesting.
Also, using a variety of close up shots and long shots, this would make it look
much more professional and using my knowledge.