Preliminary - The Reveal

Evaluation

Overall I think that I did well in this task even though I was on my own and others were working in a group. My video doesn't have the best storyline but it worked with the type of actors I had and looked believable. Another weakness is that the editing isn't the best as I think I should have taken multiple shots of the same scene as I think I could have used better footage of the shot reverse shot with the speech between the two characters. I also think that during the first scene when she is walking up the stairs I think I could have turned down the diegetic sound lower than it is because it sounds screechy compared to the other clips and I think this is an aspect that brings down my video. I also think that the extra sound I have added at the end when the title comes on ‘boom’ is too late and the timing is off as the sounds comes on after the title as already risen. I think that if the sound and the title appeared on screen at the same time it would give off a better and more mysterious feel towards the audience and would make them intrigued to carry on watching.


The strengths of my video is that all the footage works together and I have added and inserted each scene in the right place and it flows and looks realistic which is a big part of making a video or part of a film because each scene or clip work together well with the next one and it all makes sense. Also my actors did a great job in following my plan of what I wanted to do and made the video look fantastic, they presented well thought out facial expressions which went really well with the theme of the narrative as well as making the scene look very believable.

Editing

When I came to begin editing I did find it difficult to put everything together and it took me a lot longer than others but I feel like I did a decent job on my own and it turned out better than I expected. It did take me a while to get use to using 'premiere pro' but I did in the end. Also I think that I used the right effects and transitions in the right places and it gave the finishing look to the video. When using ‘Premiere Pro’ I used different tools like the cutting tool which at first was very difficult to grasp but I got the hang of it. I also added music whilst still on premiere pro to make the video look professional especially at the end when the title came up and there was a boom with it.

Filming

I missed filming with my group so I had to film on my own. I found it easier when I was on my own rather than working in a group with other people because I felt like the actors listened to me more than they would if we was in a group and it was all my own ideas. I did find it difficult when thinking of different shots to use and how I could portray them to the audience, but in the end it turned out well and it all went together like the action match for example. I used a tripod throughout the whole clip because it was a lot easier to film as I used a pan a couple of times as well as doing still shots which wouldn’t have worked if I was filming without a tripod because the clips wouldn’t have look professional and they would have been very shaken. I positioned the camera in a few different positions but mostly in the 2 corners of the room so it’s an over shoulder shot throughout the conversation between both characters so we can see both the facial expressions of one and the body language of the other. During filming at the start I had very good natural light so we didn’t need to use any lighting equipment but once inside the dark room when the characters were sat behind the table we had to use quite a bit of the lighting equipment because the room was surrounded in black curtains which gave a very mysterious feel to the video but we then use artificial lighting which kept the dark feeling to the video but it brightened up the characters and the curtain. We used the lighting equipment because otherwise the clip would have been very dark, too dark to see all the props and the little aspects of the video.

Preliminary task - planning

Dialogue

Girl walking up the stairs and into the room

Sitting woman on chair

-I've got the results

-It's not good news

-You're lying, know you are

-Show me, show me.

Storyboard

Description

A woman is walking into a room where she hopefully finds out the results of a blood test which will then determines what happens for the rest of her life. It shows her kicking off as she didn't get the results she wanted which she then pushes everything off the desk on to the floor which is an action Match.