Research: Blog Post 2: Prelim Evaluation.

Set: Police Interrogation Room.

During the film of our video I gained skills in knowing how to use the camera and how to carefully set it up on a tripod without any damages, I also develpoed on my planning skills with my team mates, I shared ideas on how we can achieve a good film by using different types of shots. Another skill I gained was in angles to smake the shot look more effective rather than boring, we used the camera light to make the shot look more mysterious and dark as it was set in a police investigation room, this makde the shots look more effective for the viewer and it makes the viewer know where the film is set. I have gained skills while editing the film too, such as knowing when to cut the beginning of the shot when it says "123 action", I cut that diologue by using the key "i" and the i use the "o" key to cut the last part of the shot when it says "123 cut".

In my opinion our group did a good job throigh out the whole of the filming.I think our best part was doing an over the shoulder shot each time the characters were speaking to each other, that is called a reverse shot. A shot we could have added could have been a close up so that the audience could have seen what both characters were feeling via their facial expressions. I think the best skills I have shown during the making of the film was the ideas put down for the whole of planning the shots and editing.

Out of the whole finished product, i think the best part would be either the beginning which is an establishing shot of the building while cares are being driven ad the ending, where we show what has happened to one of the main characters as the edited shot looked clear on what has happened and the use of mid shot showed the expressions and gestures he was doing which showed the viewers how he was feeling at that moment. If I could do that whole project again I would change where the film was set so we could be able todo more shots that were not the same as out film was set in a police room which meant we could only do a few shots as normally police rooms are mostly always filmed in one main room with a table and two chairs.

I have learned that using storyboards and a shot list makes filming a lot easier as you know what shots you are going to do meaning you wont have to waste time thinking what to do next after each shot as you already have it written down.