Continuity task: final film

This is me and my groups final clip of our continuity task.

Continuity task: Filming

We have finally filmed out continuity task ready for editing last wednesday. We decided to film our continuity task back to front because it was easier for both our actor Giles Westgarth and Imogen to attend as they had lessons. So instead of starting with the start we started with the end of our film which was the interaction between both characters in the chikara centre. First of all we set up the camera decided on the angles we were going to use and also placed our actor in the position we wanted him. In this part of our short film Bethany was in charge of the cinematography and Imogen was in charge of direction as me and Oscar were in the film. After we had done this part of our film we then went on to the beginning which was filmed in the cafe, we did exactly the same as in the chikara centre: set up the camera, discussed the angles and placed our actor. However this time i was doing the cinematography and Bethany was directing. I found this hard as i wasn't used to using either a tripod or a camera, however i enjoyed it and now overall feel a lot more confident when it comes to our film.

As you may notice Oscar had minor input with the direction or camera however he did the majority of the editing and sound/music which was his specialties and really showed off his skill.

Continuity task: Editing

When it came editing our continuity film it was clear that Oscar was going to do the majority of it with suggestions and inputs from the rest of the group. I think that we were very strong as a group when it came to editing because for the previous editing task me and Bethany were put together and Oscar and Imogen were also put together so we were all aware of how premiere worked. Although it did help that Oscar had a wider knowledge as he took the time to sit down and explain some of the features that we didn't understand.

I think that this continuity task is defiantly going to help not only me but the rest of my group when it comes to editing our actual coursework. This is because we have now had to attempts at editing two different types of films. However i do think that all of us should go away and learn more about the software as well as practising using it so that we can make our film the best it can be. Overall i am very happy with how we have edited and filmed our task as we have in my opinion met all of the requirements such as we have sound effects, music, different locations, interesting angles, interaction between characters and we haven't broken the 180 degree rule as well as continuity within the film.

Continuity task: Storyboard

Continuity task: Discussion

In our media today we got started straight away onto our media continuity task. We started off with just talking through idea what should we include etc and also our plot and story line. We found it a little bit difficult because its only meant to be 90 seconds long and we found this really difficult as our we wanted more in the film, but in the end we adapted it to fit to 90 seconds long. After we had discussed our ideas we settled on one. We decided that is was going to be a love story of two boys, and a relationship ending over one of them cheating on the other with a girl. We wanted it to have a slight twist of humour to it. We want to include some very advanced techniques in our film to gain more grades so we want a change in location, shot revers shot, dialogue and also a zoom. After we had discussed and agreed on all of these aspects we then went and started story boarding and picking our actors along with a shot list, Bethany did the story boarding, Imogen did the shot list and me and Oscar picked the actors. We all decided that me, Oscar and boy named Giles were going to be the main characters.

Continuity task: What is a continuity task?

Our continuity task is where we can get a short taster of what its going to be like when filming our actual coursework. It includes all of the things we have to do for our coursework film opening but its just all shortened down. What we will have to do is, create a shot list, create a story board, film it, edit it, include sound, and include technical features such as some camera shots and also mise en scene. Personally i think that for the other people in my group this will be fairly easy as they have done most of the aspects before being past media students or creative media students. I think it is going to be challenging for me as i have never used a camera before or edited properly on my own. I think this will be a really good chance for me to focus and expand on those skills to get ready for our coursework.

The people that i am going with is my actual coursework group, Oscar, Bethany and Imogen. I think this will be a really good chance to figure out each others weaknesses and strength and will also help to assign each other specific roles within the group. I also think that it will be a good chance for us to learn from each other and to grow closer as a group. Overall i think that the continuity task however challenging it may be will be a very good oppintunity.