PRELIM EVALUATION

For our prelim task we started by creating a check list so avoid making any mistakes like before. We were given a class room to film, had blonde lighting and cleared the room for space, we set up a table and chair where the character of B sat.

The location
The location I firstly thought was the short straw of all of the options but with the lighting and a space, it worked out just fine. i liked how we had a door that we could show was coning from outside of the building it was also nice for an establishing shot.
the role i took was the same as everyone else in my group, we all rotated, behind the camera roles, calling the action line and taking the directors shot, finding good shots and angles that showed different idea's each of us wanted to portray, e.g. the hero shot etc, check listing each of the scenes we had covered and ticking off essential keys to the picture being filmed, for example white balance, focus, rule of thirds, exposure etc...

Lighting
Our lighting was a blond and simple light. we decided to plot the lines we were given on the idea that action B had to go and drive somewhere, using car keys as prop and indicator to the viewer, the set was an average room with no dark twists and a simple what could have been an office, this meant the two standing lights used were all we needed, we used no other over head or room light.
it was effective because is make the room bright and simple, the light was very artificial room like and life like. Apart form our establishing shot when we used daylight (naturalistic) it was effective because it wasn’t a distraction and it was a complimentary light to both of the actors.

The filming
We set up the camera in the right way, remembering to bubble the camera especially when filming outside on uneven surfaces, the tripod was level in every shot thanks to our check list. We did at least two shots of each scene to make sure the camera angles and focus etc worked well, as we were moving around the room the light was coming from different angles of the shot so the lighting balances did vary slightly until we adjusted it. We made sure the lighting stands and any other equipment we used was not in shot and kept the continuity between each shot so look professional.
We made sure to also link the continuity we filmed the whole scene from each shot, for example the wide shot and over one shoulder we would film the whole shot again.
Again thanks to our check list we did not break the 180degree rule and even in the establishing shot we kept the camera from crossing the 180 degree line.

To make our shots more interesting and let us experiment with some idea’s also to show our understanding, we decided to create a hero shot for Actor A and look down upon Actor B. this helped the viewers hopefully make sense of the plot.  We had no structured plot line but decided to make A the more favored role using shots and the prop of the keys we decided to leave to the viewers imagination. Also actor B was sitting down and Actor A had the appearance of towering over her, making her look like the under dog.

Our terminology was kept professional, we used the words, stand bye, role camera, camera rolling, action and cut. We didn’t need to use anymore words other than over it again. This kept the filming efficient and we didn’t waste time with miss communication.

Our filming lesson was a well learnt and I enjoyed doing it, I know that I will now watch a film and see that depending on how many angles shot in one scene could be the least amount of times they went through the dialogue. The filming its self was very efficient, we had learnt from our extreme failure in our test run and had made a check list of everything we had to remember.  Our group got on well and we all had an input in choice of shots and everyone had a fair share of playing director and camera operator.