Preliminary Task - Miss Georgiou

In my group there are three members, Tom Tovey, Scott Arbuckle and Devon Thomas, we was given a preliminary task in order introduce and give us experience in using different camera angles and editing film. For our preliminary task, Tom was the camera man, who filmed Devon and Scott having a conversation. The task was to create a minute long film of someone walking into a room, and having a conversation, I was the cameraman. This meant that the group would have to co-operate, in order to film the sequence. This would prepare us for our actual opening sequence.

We learnt which camera angles were appropriate for each scene, for example during the conversation, filming over the shoulder to show there perspective and the person they are talking too's reaction. We also learnt the appropriate times to ct the scene, and cut into the next one, attempting to make it not too early and not too late. We also learnt how to use all of the equipment, the camera and tripod. As a group we struggled to use the camera correcting, for example using the tripod in a smooth motion, instead the camera was jerky and therefore making it look unprofessional. We also struggled to plan it before hand, therefore making it up as we went along, consequently, we had less time to edit the film at the end.

This will help us for our own opening sequence because we know where are faults were for the planning and the use of the equipment, now that we've had practice using the equipment we will be able to use it when we are filming our opening sequence, meaning that our camera work will be better making it look more professional. We also know that we need to fully plan it out in order to film it in the time set, this will also means we will have more time to edit, making our opening sequence look more professional.