My First Preliminary Task

Yay this is my first blog

For our preliminary task, we had film a person walking into a room and then proceeding to engage in a conversation with another person. The shots that we needed to include were:

• 180 degree rule shot
• The person entering the room
• A shot of them coming through the door
• Walking across the room
• Them having a conversation with the other person

Editing wise, we used several features of iMovie to (possibly) enhance our work. For instance, at the beginnning we used a type of titles which looked as if it had been typed on an old computer. This made it look as if it was some form of serious sci-fi/action/drama-type text, i.e The X-Files. We used the 'flash' effect a couple times in order to add impact to the action at the time e.g. Aidan kicking a chair across the room and slamming his fists on the table while shouting "For the love of Zac Efron!" We also used several filters and paused frames to make Chris seem more sinister than he already looks.

In terms of sound, we only really used small section of music at the start to set the scene, but from then on we used only diegetic sound as I felt that any other music would make it impossible to make out the conversation, which would then only make all the actual dialogue completely pointless.

Overall I found that it was an enjoyable experience, as I thoroughly enjoy all the filming and editing that goes into making a short piece, no matter how unprofessional and weird ours may have been.