Preliminary task 2

Preliminary Task Evaluation:
For our task, we filmed ourselves in a small classroom with computers in the room, where Ellis and I are having a conversation about my weekend. After I inform her that I went McDonald's in Epsom, she makes a joke by saying that I like to eat at McDonald's. I get annoyed at what Ellis says, so i retaliate by saying "Are you calling me fat?"

We chose to film in a small classroom in our school, as it is a common place where students can be found. In the build up to the conversation between us, Ellis walks through the school library and goes through 2 sets of doors. This was effective, as we could show our editing skills on Adobe Premiere Elements 10.

To help us edit and piece together our scene we chose to use the software program Adobe Premiere Elements 10. We used time lapse to slow down the part of the scene where i am looking at Ellis. Unfortunately, we broke the 180 rule in our scene, meaning that part of it may not have made sense to our audience. So when it comes to making our final film, that is something that we can improve on and correct.

One piece of equipment that we used was a tripod. This piece of equipment is used to help steady the camera when we are holding it. Although we chose to hold the tripod with the camera on top, it can also stand alone or rest against another object, where it will film with no movement. Another useful feature that the tripod has is height adjustment. The three legs on the tripod have different levels of height that you can film from. This feature of the tripod is effective because you can film at different angles, which can have an effect on the audience. It also stables the camera well, so the filming will run smoothly.