Preliminary task evaluation

So we shot our prelim and we had specifics to include within the short time span. The task include;

• Walking
• Going through a door
• A conversation

These were all to try show a wide range of shots, for example the conversation; this would need more than one single shot, for example; over shoulder shot and reverse over shoulder shot. We also had to think about angle of shot, mise en scene and sound.

The basic plot- the basic plot was that we wanted to convey a slight hint of mystery within the whole task, so this is what we decided; a mysterious character who’s face would not be shown through out the hole production, he would go and drop a product off to some sort of man higher up in the world of some work, then he would leave in a hurry.

Range of shots – I feel that we covered as many shots and we could within our prelim and composed them well; we used long shots, to extreme close ups just of the eyes. I felt the shot that was did best was the shot of the man looking at the cctv and it tracks along, as It passes the mans head it covers up the mysterious mans face in the cctv, I felt it was the most creative shot we had within the piece, I felt we could of included a tracking shot to emphasize movement. Also we did not use the reverse shot on the conversation, but this was to convey the man as a mysterious character. I also think the angle of shots to convey peoples power could have been put in place a little better.

Sound – I feel that the sound added all to the mise en scene, it created a mood of mystery and emotion, this is what we set out to do and I feel we achieved this. We could of made the music build to a final climax to improve the sound a bit better, maybe turned up the non diagetic sound on the short film so it could be heard a bit more but overall I felt that it was nicely done

Overall I feel that our preliminary went well, we covered as many shots as we could even a tracking shot to add to the sense of the unknown and music to create more tension, I felt that we could of done better with angle of some shots and felt that the dialog could of carried on more to show more camera skills, but other than that I fell it went very well.