Preliminary Task

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These are my two preliminary tasks, the aim of this was to gain some camera skills and experience in using the camera for the first time. We had to film someone entering a room and having a conversation while sitting down. It was an exciting experience as we were worried about shaky camera work. We had to demonstrate the 180 degree rule, match on action, shot revers shot and two shot. We also had mid-shots and close ups on the face when speaking. It was at first quite a challenging thing to do as we had to work out which way to position the camera however; on getting used to using the camera we were able to work out how to position the camera correctly. After filming the editing was prepared using Adobe Premier Pro CS5 which was also a new programme for me to get used to however we learnt to use the different features and so were able to learn new skills. Then we uploaded it to Youtube so as to get it into a suitable format to be posted onto our blog. Overall I think doing the preliminary task was a helpful thing to do as it allowed us to gain skills in not only using the camera but in the editing process needed afterwards and this experience has enabled me to be more aware of things which I do when filming the real film sequence.

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These preliminary tasks were very good. I liked them because it ran smoothly and I liked the way the shots moved from one face to another. There is also contrast between the two tasks as we can see that in the second one there is more movement and is more zoomed in to see the face of people speaking. (Sheliesa Stewart,17)