Preliminary task- Miss Georgiou

In our set groups (which included Amber-Louise Reed-Johnson, Jazz Chrystie and I) we were asked to do a preliminary task. This involved us filming a normal/everyday opening sequence which included a person walking through a door, walking through a room, sitting across from another character, a few seconds of dialogue and then the character leaving the same way. The overall purpose of this task is to learn how to use the different equipment correctly, this includes the camera and tripod. Also, as a group we also had the opportunity to learn how the use the editing software which will be used when editing our final sequence, this is called 'Final cut pro X'.

 The preliminary task proved extremely helpful as we could use the equipment and teach ourselves how to use this properly. We also learned how to film different camera angles correctly and linked our knowledge to this as we had to use the shots/angles correctly and fit them to the genre of the scene. These angles and shots included a shot reverse shot, when the two characters were talking.

The scene would need to be less than one minute in length and our scene can be watched here.

In the preliminary task we used a tripod and now know how to use it correctly which will help during the final filming process. We know how to use the camera and how to apply different shots/angles to fit the genre given. Because of this we now have a in-depth knowledge of these different camera shots and angles. We edited our scene by using final cut pro on a mac computer. This was the most difficult stage as we all had a lack of experience using this editing software. We overcame this however, by spending more time editing and figuring out how to use the software appropriately.

In my opinion, the preliminary task was very helpful and because of this, each group member has a deep understanding of different shots to use, editing software and camera.