Preliminary Task

This is our preliminary task, what we had to do was to film a conversation between two characters. We had to include three different camera angles 180 degree rule, shot reverse shot and match on action. One of the characters had to open and walk through a door using match on action and then had to sit down opposite the other character and begin the dialogue. We then used the other two angles while they were in conversation. We decided to do an argument between a boyfriend and a girlfriend where the girlfriend is accusing her boyfriend of cheating on her. I think that some parts of the filming were successful for example we managed to include all the camera angles required and managed to get it to 1 minute 55 seconds. I feel like we are more prepared now for our main task and have learnt from the mistakes we have made such as getting better lighting and trying to get more of a clearer idea of what the characters will say to each other.

I think that if I was to do this task again I would find a better location to set the scene because the lighting wasn't very good and I would take more time to properly set out each individual shot more so that it would be a cleaner cut through the scenes and so we would know exactly what we were doing for each shot. Doing this as well would help make the editing process easier. I feel like overall there are definitely improvements to be made but that will just help us to make our other practical work better.