Self Assessment (Kieran)

Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?

As a group we tried our best to show off the most of the set we could, we did this by using a variety of shots that showed the room from different angles, hopefully giving people an idea and a feel for the locations that our characters were in.

Have you followed the directions in the brief? (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. An exchange of dialogue occurs.)

To some extent, whilst we followed the opening of he door, crossing the room and an exchange of dialogue, we did not include the character that entered sitting down.

Have you used match-on-action?

There are multiple examples of match-on-action being used in our preliminary task., though the most noteable of them is our films McGuffin, the door.

Can you explain what a match-on action involves?

Match-on-action is a technique in which there is a shot, usually of a person which cuts to another shot portraying the action of said person in the first shot.

Have you used shot/reverse shot?

We use Shot/reverse shot multiple times throughout our preliminary, for example when it shows me scared, cuts to the door and then returns to me, even more scared than before.

Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?

Shot/reverse shot is a technique used in which a single shot is used twice, with a different shot in between them; this can be used for dialogue, reactions and so on.

Did you observe the 180-degree rule?

The 180-degree rule was not broken throughout our preliminary task.

Can you explain the 180-degree rule?

The 180-degree rule is exactly that, a rule found in film making which states that when in certain scenarios, one should not flip the side the shot is being filmed from, for example two people sitting at a table having a conversation, if the shot was to flip to the other side, it might give the impression that something has changed and confuse the audience.

What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)

I acted, organized the equipment, I also gathered the copy-right free music found in it. Co-Produced, helped with cinematography and was the head editor of our preliminary task.

How would you assess your contribution to the group?

I think I did rather well all things considered, having only two members meant we both had very heavy workloads and limited choices on what we could do, due to only being two of us it was pretty much impossible to get any moving shots that had both of us in them. I believe the editing could have been improved; the sound especially due to it’s how abrupt it was.

What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?

I have learnt a lot about how to use te film editing software that we ad to use in the process and now believe I can do a better job as a whole with the editing, adding on the criticism’s we received from our peers I can make an overall better film, it’s also come to attention that we should try to seek some outside help when it comes to filming, so we’ll be able to get any moving shots we need.