Improved Script

Preliminary Task (Finish Product)

After a few weeks of planning. A few hours of filming and editing. This is the end result. Enjoy!.

Evaluation of the Preliminary Task

What planning did you do? How was this useful and how did you change your plans?


For our Preliminary Task we have done some planning. We created storyboards and a shooting script. We created these to help us see what type of camera shots we'll use. Our planning hasn't really changed what we wanted to do we went on ahead and shot the task and had it filmed in under 30 minutes.

What is the 180 degree rule and how did this planning aid the filming?


The 180 degree rule is a guideline in film that characters in films should always have the same left/right relationship within a scene. If the camera passes over the 180 degree line then it would confuse viewers. The 180 degree helped us in our planning because it helped us choose which type of camera shots we should use that would ensure that we aren't breaking the 180 degree rule.

What camera skills have you developed?

Since the start of the course I have developed a variety of camera shots such as:

• Panning Shot
• Over the Shoulder
• Tilt
• Medium Close Up
• Bird's Eye View
• High Angle

I am really confident using the shots mentioned above but there are a few shots which I feel I need to improve which are:

• Long Shot
• Medium Close Up
• Extreme Close Up
• Worm's Eye View
• Low Angle
• Tacking Shot
• Point of View

How confident are you with using the cameras, and has this confidence changed during the project?

At first when we started using the cameras I wasn't confident because I didn't know if I was shooting the camera shots right but out of lessons I have been practicing using a stills camera (as you can see from my posts) and since then I have improved my camera skills.

Explain what you have learned about editing and any problems you had editing your film, or what made the editing easy.

When we finished filming the Preliminary Task we started editing. It took me about an hour and a half to capture and edit our captured film. It was the first time I ever used Adobe Premier Elements (program used to edit the Preliminary Task).

I have developed a variety of developing skills such as cutting scenes which are irrelevant to the finished product. Another editing skill I have developed is editing the sound skills. Some of the sound on the film were not even so I now knew how to change the volume of each scene.

Camera Shots

 Over the Shoulder - Following the person which places the audience in position of character.

Worm's Eye View - It indicates fear - audience view events from a character's vulnerable perspective.

Long Shot - It establishes location and action.

Extreme Close Up - It is utilised to closely identify with character or action. It's often used to symbolise horror in a thriller films such as Psycho.

Medium Close Up - It allows to bring focus to the character/s.

High Angle - This shot shows Insignificance and Vulnerability.

Tilt Shot - It brings in confusion, disorientation and nightmare.

Low Angle - It gives the character power and status.

Bird's Eye View - This shot adds to audience appeal giving the audience a different view of the action.

Planning for the Preliminary Task (Part 3)

This is the story board for our Preliminary Task. Also I am very sorry for the bad quality of the boards because they are scanned and please bear with me because I am not a very good drawer.

Planning for the Preliminary Task (Part 2)

Here is the script for our Preliminary Task. You have to bear with me as it is the first time I have ever written a script.

Test Shot for Preliminary Task

Today we tried to film the Preliminary Task but due to some reasons we can't use this footage so this will now be a test shot. In this practice shot we used a variety of angles. The one we tried to do was shot reverse shot but we broke the 180 degree rule so it didn't work.

Planning for the Preliminary Task (Part 1)

Here is the planning for the preliminary task. It includes the types of camera angles that we use, where we are going to shoot and the scenario of the task.

Practice Shots