Preliminary Exercise Evaluation

Preliminary Exercise Evaluation

For this task is was in a group of three; Me, Beth Grey and Dan Greenall. We created a short scene using; Hollywood editing, shot reverse shot, count down to filming, hyperealism, rule of thirds and match on match action. all of which are vital to creating a piece of work that flows and doesn't look unprofessional. 

Overall I believe we did a good job of our preliminary exercise even though we made a few mistakes we were able to recognise these and change them when we film our film opening. We correctly used all the necessary techniques, however one of the rules we had forgot to apply was the 180 degree rule, which means you are not allowed to film over the 180 degree line, we did this, it wasn't that noticable but we will remember not to do it in future as it did make our work look a little strange for some of the shots. we used hyperrealism when the door was closed as we moved onto a different shot which didn't include the door slamming so we edited in. this made our work flow, this is also match on match action with sound as it carried on through the shots.Apart from them all the other shots were steady, and used appropriate camera angles. The editing worked well and the whole piece ran through smoothly. The scene ran for exactly 30 seconds which it was the required time, we cut each shot precisely so that the the entire piece would run over no more that 30 seconds and no less. One shot that I believe we did well during editing was when one of the characters was walking through the door we filmed them walking, and then them opening the door and then them coming through the door and another shot of them walking across the room. this was all edited well as the shots were time correctly and we used match on match action to ensure the shots flowed smoothly. most of the sound according to plan there was some loud background noise and and some extra noised caused by chairs and footsteps that were not wanted however it wasn't noticeable and made the piece look realistic. we used bridging to overlap the sound from one scene to another to make them flow. If we had more time for this exercise we would have shot the shots with unwanted sound again.there was also silence in some shot where we used slow motion however the absence of sound worked as it builds tension before Dan spills the dirt and crumbles. 
Overall i believe our preliminary exercise was good as we used most of the required techniques and showed a clear understanding of editing..