Prelimirary task-Mr.Smith

Preliminary task

The purpose of preliminary task?

The purpose of the preliminary task is that we learn how to use and understand the camera and how it operates. As we operate the camera  we learn and experiment with the equipment's and test how the equipment's are suppose to be used and how it could be properly done. Also this is to ensure the safety. When testing the equipment's you will know what to use or what parts are important as for when we make the film.  As we test the equipment's we have to look at certain aspects of the main parts such s dangerous voltages. This is important as it is a test before making the film as you will know how it operates and what the camera is suppose to do.

The Plot

We was told by our teacher that the preliminary filming should be 30 seconds long. As  a group we have decided that the plot we would film would be two young teenagers who are in school talking at the backstairs. The young male talks about if the young female is she has any planes and she says she doesn't, then the young male asks if she wants to go to the cinema and she says yes. As they walk down the stairs before that he asks that he will pick her up at 7 O'clock. They then go they're own separate ways.

group roles

In our group we each have different role of this preliminary task.

Fatma: she was the camera operator as she knows how to use the camera and understood what the shots and movements was to be done in the film. Also she was also the director because she wanted to direct me and Mohidin to make sure we know what we are doing.

Mohidin: he was a young male who was asking out another young female.

Me: I was an actresses who was asked out by a you male.

Lara: was the producer of the preliminary task as she is good with group work and can operate with Fatma.

Difficulties you encounter when film/editing?

 The difficulties my group have encountered is that we didn't know how to operate the camera and also didn't know how to do the equipment's properly. Also another thing we found difficult encountering is that we needed to find the right area as we wanted a quiet place to film. When Editing it was difficult as it was our first time editing and as we wanted to look professional but it was hard to know what to do as we was experimenting with the equipment. There was some parts of the scene where it looked unrealistic for example the shots didn't make sense as it moved to one place to another which didn't look professional and also there was a lot of echoing when the characters was talking, We tried to get rid of the echoing but it didn't work. The lighting was difficult because we couldn't edit it as we couldn't see the characters face properly. 

What have you learned? 

When doing the preliminary task i have learnt how to use the equipment as for next time my group  and i wont be struggling when making the thriller film. I have learnt how to operate the camera and how to connect the camera to the tri-pod. This is what we was struggling with when doing the preliminary task and the results from that made the filming look unprofessional.  Overall my group now know how to use the equipment which helps when we use the cameras when film making the thriller opening scene. Without the preliminary task we wouldn't of had experimented the equipment which was useful for us as it makes our film opening scene more successful, 

Conclusion

I thought that the preliminary task was very beneficial as it helped me gain knowledge of how to use the equipment correctly and also helped me improve my people skills as i helped it a lot when Fatma (camera operator) was struggling.