Edit Workshop Evaluation

In this exercise, I had to use certain rules and shots, such as match-on-action, 180-degree rule and the rule of thirds. This is the example of the match-on-action I used in my continuity exercise.

This was a character walking through a door from a corridor into a classroom. When filming this I had to make sure that the door was in the same position on both sides. If I didn't do this, then it would of looked really jumpy and wouldn't look like it was happening.

This is where I used the 180-degree rule:

This is a conversation between Hardeep and Tara. Whilst filming I had to make sure I didn't break the 180-degree rule, and I didn't. 

This is the example of rule of thirds:

The character is in the centre of the camera and if you add the lines for the rule of thirds, the fits in perfectly.

During the production, I think I done really well. I was filming most of it, and I think I done quite well. However, during the last scene, I found that it was quite difficult to keep my hand still completely, which made it all a little wobbly. I would definitely try to keep my hand more still if I was to film again. Also I noticed, that the shots of the texts, where filmed at different times, and this showed when watching the whole thing as the 1st text looks like it was sent later than the 2nd text, which makes no sense. However, this isn't really an obvious mistake, but if I ever come across something similar I will definitely make it realistic.

During my editing, I actually didn't find anything difficult. It all came out exactly how I wanted it to. It was the first time I'd used the new version of iMovie and i thought that I would maybe find it more difficult, however, it turned out it was a lot easier than the old version, so I was really pleased, especially with my final outcome.

I think that my strengths of my work, was my storyboard (shown above) and I showed the shots that I wanted to do quite well, and I stuck to it throughout. I think that it was quite unique and I think that I used good shots that I haven't really used before. It was easy to get actors and a location, as the location was just in school, and the actors where members in my group, and in one of the shots, I just used members in my class to sit in a classroom.

A weakness of my work would probably just be the steadiness of my hand. Also the background noise was hard to cover, even with a sound track on top of it. Especially at the beginning, you could definitely hear people in the background on that first shot. I hadn't used the new cameras before and didn't realise that it would pick up the background noise so much, as the cameras that I used during GCSE didn't. If I had to improve anything, it would just be them key points. Other than that I think my final outcome was great and all of the development went well.

Continuity Editing Exercise

For this exercise the scenario I was asked to do was basically this:

A chaacer opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he/she the exchanges a couple of ines of dialogue. The aim was to show knowedge and understanding of match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule. I tried to use these shots and I think that I achieved what I wanted to do. Match on action is a process of cutting a sequence of the same action together to ake it seem like there were no cuts in between it. Shot/Reverse shot, also known as a motivated shot, is a cut used to show the viewer something not immediatly visible.The 180-degree rule is this:

I worked with Hardeep Panesar and Tara Mann. Tara joined our group the day we started filming, but once we explained to her she knew what she was doing. Me and Hardeep worked together on the storyboard. I done the first half and she done the second half. When we started filming we all filmed different parts and Tara and Hardeep stared in the filming. Working together with these people worked really well, as we got along and didn't have any disagreements. 
When starting the idea, we had a few basic ideas. We chose this one as we knew we would be able to use different camera shots and thought it would have a good effect. This was good for us as it allowed us to use our imagination and do what we wanted. This showed our skills and I think that was the best part of the exercise as we were able to work freely, and had a good outcome. 
We stuck to everything on our storyboard. However in mine, I added in a clock. This was to show the time had moved so that the shot after made sense. I was very pleased with my outcome as I think it flowed really well, and considering we done it all in just over a week, I was quite proud of me and my group.