Filming

On Friday the 23rd of September our group filmed the Preliminary Task. We were the first group in the class to do it so we were nervous but it went well. This is our storyboard for the task:

Using a storyboard helped us as it told us which shots to film depending on where the camera was. For example, we filmed Shot 2 and then Shot 5 as they were from the same angle, so moving the camera would disrupt the shots. We had to film several shots more than once, such as Shot 1 where Yasmins head was cut off in the first take and Shot 4 where we were laughing too much.

We stuck by the 180 degree rule and used Shot Reverse Shot (Shot 6-8) and Match on Action (Shot 1 Yasmin walks in and Shot 2 is her sitting down)

Wide shots were used in shot 2 and 5 to show both Yasmin and I in the scene. We also used over the shoulder shots and close ups.

Morgan recorded it all using the tripod for stability and when I wasn't in the scene i would say "Shot __  take __ action" and "cut". Before saying this, Morgan would start the recording and stop it after i said cut. This way we don't miss out on anything and we will edit the clip using iMovie.

For shot 7 I gasp in a dramatic way, and we decided to turn off the lights and have a torch shinning on my face for an added impact. For this to happen, we had to roll down the blind behind my head, but after we realised that in the other shots previously filmed that the blind was up. Therefore, the continuity is disrupted and this is one of the mistakes that we have learnt from.

Shot 7 being filmed

It took us 25 minutes to film this and we now have to edit it on iMovie.