The Preliminary Task and Evalutation

Below is the final preliminary task

Evaluation of the preliminary task

Overall i felt that our preliminary task went quite well considering that we had never done anything like this before. However in the first recording of the film we made an unfortunate mistake. After making the mistake we realised that the filming was not as easy as we first thought. The camera crossed the 'imaginary' line in the 180 degree rule so therefore breaking the rule was something we had to correct. So i learnt that we have to stay one side of the 'line' to not break the 180 degree rule. 

In the preliminary task i have developed a new skill of editing; at first i wasn't sure with how to edit because i had never used the software before. However once i started to add clips into the program, i found that i gradually improved at using the software. Another skill i learnt was how to correctly include match on action and short reverse shot.

In terms of feedback i received mostly positive feedback for the preliminary task: 

If i was to do the preliminary task again i would make sure that we filmed in an environment where there was only our group because as you can see in the video there were other people in the area that we filmed in. I would also make sure that the batteries in the camera are fully charged before we go to film.

Our final task resulted in a slight change in the script, initially we included Sam wiping the chess board off of the table but as the batteries in the camera went dead we had to get rid of this. Also we obviously had to remove the winning move from Sam due to the same reason with the batteries. We ended up finishing the movie after we had made the first couple of moves. 

Preliminary Task Shooting Schedule

The Shooting Schedule For Our Preliminary Task:

Preliminary Task Storyboard

For the preliminary task we were required to make a storyboard based around our script.

Preliminary Task Script

We were asked to plan out a script for our Preliminary Task.

Script.

*Sam walks up to the door.*

*Sam opens the door*

*Sam walks into the room*

*Sam shakes Daniel’s hand*

*Extreme close-up of the handshake”

Daniel asks Sam; “Are you ready to lose?”

Sam replies; “Whatever you say sunshine…”

*Daniel makes the first move*

*Zoom out*

*Text says; 2 hours later*

*Zoom in*

*Daniel slouches*

*Sam makes final move*

Sam says; “check mate”

*Sam wipes the chess pieces off of the board.*

END.

Our Preliminary Task Ideas

Our group discussion about the ideas for what we had for our film. We have presented these ideas in the form of a mind map;

Our Preliminary Task location

The location for our Preliminary task

We have chosen this specific location because we believe it is a realistic setting for a game of chess. The room is located in our school which makes the filming venue more convenient. This also means an after school chess club could have been realistically taken place there. The lighting in the room is to a good standard so is suitable to film in the room also the room is based in a quiet environment is ideal because it allows the audio to be a better quality.