Preliminary Task

During the preliminary task, we found it beneficial and enjoyed it but we faced many challenges involving continuity, editing and use of camera. We also learnt that things are easier when drawn on paper than done as a practical. When we drew out our storyboard it looked very simple; girl walks in corridor, looks into a room to find someone, walks into room then confronts them. All we needed was three people for this task; a cameraman and two actors. Though everything planned out well we then discovered some problems with shot/reverse shot and point-of-view shot, and trying to make it look realistic using the camera. Once we completed the shooting bit of the task the next week we moved to editing on Apple's 'iMovie'. Continuity then became an issue when we discovered that a lot of the stuff we had was irrelevant as well as we needed to do some parts all over again. The main problem being that both actors were wearing different attires and the scenery we used had changed. Fortunately, we decided to use editing to a great use by cutting out parts and shortening the sequence. We then came up with a 44 second piece that was sensible.