Preliminary Task Evaluation.

For my preliminary task we had to create a 30 second long clip, following 3 media rules when filming. These are the 'shot/reverse shot,' 'match on action' and the '180 degree rule' which are used to make it more simple and self explanatory for the viewer to watch.
To begin with we planned out what we would be filming onto a storyboard including where it would be located and what would be said between each character. The storyboard would include the main characters and where to appear between each scene. Our clip was to appear in the school diner creating a simple storyline consisting of one student offering another student lunch, creating a friendly atmosphere that students can then relate to. For our 'match on action' scene, we had a character being filmed from behind opening a door, to then being filmed from the front, of them opening the door which put together proved very effective as the shot seemed both seamless and effortless throughout the duration of the scene within our preliminary task. In future I believe our group will be able to enhance match on action scenes even further to be more professional and both interesting looking.
For the 'shot/reverse shot' scene, we showed two characters sitting at a table where one character offered the other a crisp. To create the 'shot/reverse shot' we filmed one part of the conversation over one of the characters shoulder and the other part of the conversation over the opposite characters shoulder so that the different parts of speech would be seen as if through the characters point of view to make it much more effective to watch however it did cause a problem with our '180 degree rule.'
The '180 degree rule' consists of not filming outside 180 degrees of characters presence, so that each character remains on the same side of the screen whenever it is filmed. When filming, the speech between the characters was filmed over the wrong shoulder of each character so that the 180 degree rule was ever so slightly broke. However, this helped us understand more the importance when filming and can only help us as a group improve our work next time when filming our final piece and helping us understand more throughly the concept of each rule and how they are linked together.
To evaluate our preliminary task as a group we created a commentary where we could assess our own achievements, favourite parts and also problems when filming our 30 second clip. Main problems such as the '180 degree rule' were discussed which can again help us in future to improve our performances and accuracy of future projects. Overall, I believe our first use of filming a 30 second clip and using the programme of Pinnacle proved very successful and increased our knowledge of filming when we need to improve and create better work in futuer assignments within Media. One area we will need to focus more carefully on is the '180 degree rule' when filming and to ensure no mistakes are made on our final piece, as well as keeping all aspects of the rules in mind, yet as a group we all worked well together in creating a presentable piece.