First cut feedback

Things that need to be improved:

- in the opening, our actor was ready in the shot 

- in every shot the camera zoomed into the actors when not necessary 

- audio and dialogue

- camera work and framing

Points we have met:

- shot reverse shot

- 180 degree rule

- match on action

Continuity Task - First Cut

Evaluation

One positive aspect of our first cut continuity task is that we have met most of the requirements which were shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule and a match on action. This made it easier for us to meet the requirements and make further improvements on our second cut of the continuity task. However, a negative aspect of our first cut is that we needed to improve on was that in the opening our actor was already in the shot, when she wasn't supposed to be, in every shot the camera zoomed into the actors when it wasn't neccessary, the audio and dialogue and camera work and framing.

- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

- What kind of media institution might distribute your media and why?

- Who would be the audience for your media product?

- How did you attract/address your audience?

- What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Evaluation questions

- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

- What kind of media institution might distribute your media and why?

- Who would be the audience for your media product?

- How did you attract/address your audience?

- What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Contiuity task: Problems we faced

Problems we faced:

Availability- making sure all actors were available when we needed them to be. 

Location- We filmed it in the school cafe and there where lots of other students and staff walking around and making noise that we didnt really want. 

Time- we had less time then we thought we would have and felt some of the filming was rushed. 

Lighting- one of the days we filmed the natural light from outside was too bright but the second day the lighting wasnt so bright.

Noise- there were lots of other people in our location that we didn't really want.

Our lack of knowledge- when we started we didn't no much about how to handle a camera on a tripod and how to get the angles and other technical shots they we wanted to use.

Other media students- the cafe was also being used for another groups setting and so we had to keep stopping so the other group didnt have us in their shot. 

How we dealt with the issues:

Availability- we had to eventually just used the actors that were available on one of pur days of filming. 

Location- we had to ask some people to move just while we did a few seconds and we found the added noise wasnt a problem as when we looked back, we could still hear all of our actors. 

Lighting- when the light was too bright we closed blinds and curtains and adjusted the camera so it wasnt focusing on the incoming light. 

Other media students- 

Continuity task

This is the task we have to do in the next few weeks. We have to make a 60 second clip that has to include the technical requirments mentioned above.  

Shot list

This is my groups shot list which shows what is going to happen and what camera and editing techniques we will be using.