Preliminary Task - Miss G

Preliminary Task - Ayesha, Lauren & Dipika.

Our preliminary task was to plan, edit and record a 1-2 minute diaglog to help understand the use of equipment. Our group had recorded a scene that included two girls (Ayesha and Dipika) walking in the same direction but then bumping into each other without realising. 

The type of camera shots we had included were: close ups, mid shots, point of view shots. While using these shots within our task we had come to a conclusion to use most of these cinematography for our own thriller opening as we thought it would create a very effective sequence. We had learnt to use variety of shorts for our thriller, this will leave an effect on the audience and will follow the conventions of a thriller film more strongly.

Overall the preliminary task helped me with planning my thriller film as i had experienced different camera angles, lengths of certain frames, and how to use the camera equipment. We had a few difficulties with which type of shots to use, but eventually after placing the tripod and changing the camera directions we had a good practice with the camera, the preliminary task helped us to gain experience and skill for the future planning of our thriller opening. 

In terms of the camera, as a group we now have a basic idea to who will be in charge of recording as we had found who had recorded the task the best.

As this task was a preparation in my planning, this did mean that the task does not have to be perfect but as a group we tried getting the best shots and hopefully no mistakes. However, there were a few difficulties we had found, the first dificulty we had was with the tripod, we was not able to get most of our shots right due to the tripod not being able to move in the directions we would want it to so we would have to make do with what we had and try to change the camera around to capture a different shot.