Evaluation

Evaluation

This is our finished piece. I worked in a group with Laura Thomas and Lauren Dinnes. Lauren Dinnes and Scott Collins featured in our filming which we titled 'every day' and Laura Thomas and myself worked with the cameras.

The Filming

We found using all the different equipment quite easy, we were able to set up the dolly and the tripod fine and they were really good for what we wanted to film and helped us a lot to keep better control of the camera. Once we worked out all the different settings and buttons on the camera then we were able to use it really well and we found it really easy to do.

We filmed using two people from our group and once we finished filming and got to the editing stage we found that a few things needed to be re-filmed. This was to make the film better but the person that we filmed before wasn't in our group any more and wasn't able to be filmed again causing us to find someone else to film. We then had to start from the beginning and re-film everything from scratch. When we re-filmed we completely changed the storyline slightly so that it still fitted in with the storyboard, the script and the setting. By changing the storyline I think that it made the story better and easier to include different types of camera shots and angles. When we filmed the first time we found it hard to keep people out of the room that we wanted to use as well as being able to hear the dialogue and not the background noise.

The reason why we had to re-film in the first place is because we hadn't got the 180 degrees rule completely right through out the whole film and we forgot to use the shot reverse shot. We also wanted to re-film the match on action as when we filmed it we didn't use two cameras at the same time we had one person film it from one side and the run to the other side to film as well which we thought didn't work that well.

For the first time we filmed we weren't completely prepared as neither of out actors knew the script and we weren't completely sure what we wanted to happening in detail during the film. By filming again it gave us a chance to be more prepared and know exactly what we were doing so the film worked out better the first time without having to do loads of re-takes. We made sure that we were prepared by planning out where the camera would be throughout the film so that we knew where the line is for the 180 degrees rule.

The first time we filmed we worked really well as a group two of us did the acting so that it was easier for us to do instead of getting someone outside the group to act out what we wanted. The other two of us filmed it. I think it worked really well because we all knew what each other wanted us to do. When we re-filmed it we got someone outside the group to act but kept everything else the same but the three of us in the group were able to tell the actor what we wanted and I think it may have made the film even better that way.

During the filming, I really enjoyed operating the cameras in order to create a good piece of work. It was interesting learning all about the cameras and then filming the different scenes. I enjoyed watching the film come together and had fun whilst filming. Although there were difficulties in filming, all in all it came together. Using the Mac was also a new and exciting experience and the ability to learn all the new features to edit our piece was good. We were able to experiment in order to create a strong text.

Story Board

Preliminary Task- Script (Final)

Shot 1 – Establishing shot of the building

Shot 2 – In kitchen/living room

Scott comes home from work

Scott: “I’m home”

Lauren: “Dinner will be ready in a second”

Scott: “It’s alright, I’ve already eaten”

Lauren: “What do you mean you’ve already eaten”

Scott: “Well.. I’ve already eaten”

Lauren: “But you know I cook dinner for us on a Monday”

Scott: “And?”

Scott throws his jumper on the floor

Lauren: “Don’t put it on the floor”. Throws the jumper back at Scott “You can hang it up”

Scott: “I’ve had enough of you” Gets up and slaps Lauren

Lauren: “HOW DARE YOU!” She walks out.

Scott: “oh I’m sorry” follows her out “wait, please, please honey”

Shot 3- over shoulder shot. Coming out the door.

Lauren: “just leave me alone”

Scott: “it isn’t my fault; I had a long hard day at work, please”

Lauren: “just get of me”

Scott: “no wait”

Shot 4-match on action, coming out the door.

Scott: “wait, please” “give me a chance”

They both go down the stairs

Lauren: “leave me alone stop chasing me” “just leave me alone!”

Lauren walks of and Scott stops.

Preliminary Task- Script (Original)

Boys comes home from work

Boy: I’m home

Girl: Hi how was work?

Boy: It was alright

Girl: I’m just finishing the dishes ten ill put dinner on. Can you erm, can you fix this cabinet for me please. It really needs to be done.

Boy: Ill do it in a bit. Can you make me a coffee?

Girl: It needs to be done.

Boy: Yeah ill do it in a bit, I’ve just got in from work ill do it in a bit!

Brings out dinner

Girl: Careful it’s hot.

Boy: Cheers

Girl: Promise me you’re going to do it?

Boy: Yeah ill do it in a second.

Five mins later:

Girl: You have made such a mess, you walk in put your stuff down unpack all the mess and don’t tidy up after yourself leaving me to do it all. Then you expect me to do your washing, cleaning and cooking. I’ve had enough.

Girl walks out. Boy follows

Girl sits outside crying and upset.

Boy: I’m sorry I’ve had a long hard day at work its been stressful all week and I’m sorry I haven’t thought about you and your feelings.

Girl: I know it’s just I don’t need this on top of everything else.

Boy: How about you forgive me and we will have a night in watch a film your choice?

Girl: Sniff, okay

Our ideas for the task

We wanted to do something slightly different genre wise, we discussed horrors, comedies and romances and chose to go with a soap opera style scene in the end. We looked at some of our favourite episodes of our favourite soap operas and combined our own ideas with camera shots and camera angles from real dramas, to create a more professional film. We mapped out on a story board what camera angles and shots we would use we also looked at where in each scene we would put the 180º rule, match on action scene and shot reverse shot to make sure when we got to filming we had the required elements that were needed for the exam board. We then wrote a script and added the ideas we thought we would need for our film and then started filming.