After researching film-making techniques, I felt confident enough to start my preliminary task.
For my preliminary task I worked with Jon and Jontie. We were very happy with our piece, as we felt that a lot of things went well, and we only faced a few challenges.
I felt that the frames were the right length of time, and that we followed the 180 degree rule in the conversation between the two actors. We had no interruptions throughout the filming process, and everything went considerably smoothly and we made decisions (like what position to shoot from) quite quickly. We also worked well as a team, and I feel that the piece was appropriate for the audience (my class and Mr Hood) as they all found it humorous and no one was alienated. I was happy as well with the over the shoulder shots in the conversation between Jon and Jontie, as you could still see the expression on Jon's face after Jontie had stormed off, which was effective. The lighting was good as well, as you could clearly see the features of Jon and Jontie and of their surroundings. The framing was good also, as all of Jontie and Jon were in the frame, and no ones head got cut off by the camera.
We did struggle with continuity a little bit, as when one frame of the back of Jontie walking switched to a frame of the front of Jontie walking, we had to be careful that we didn't make it look like he was walking in a different direction or walking on a different foot than the one he started out on. We also failed to get the name of the building in to the establishing shot, which we could re do. In the first frame, there was the noise of a lawn mower, which was annoying, but could be overdubbed with sound. Below is the preliminary task:
Now that my preliminary task is finished, I can now focus on the research for my main task. The next stage is to research various film openings.