1) Someone opening a door.
2) Someone crossing a room.
3) Someone sitting down in a chair opposite someone else.
Within this we ensured that there was;
Dialogue
Shot reverse shot
Follow the 180 degree rule
Match on action shot
When in our group the first thing we did was watch some previous students AS preliminary tasks so that we got a better understanding of what needed to be done and get some inspiration on how we should convey what we needed to complete within the task.
For the preliminary tasks plot we decided that we would have Lakeisha and Cleo do an interview scenario, with Cleo being the interviewer and Lakeisha being he interviewee. Whereas Cleo and Lakeisha did the acting roles, Sid and I directed and filmed it, so we all had equal roles within the task. We decided on the location of the shoot to be the classroom as it had all we needed i.e. the door, the desk and chairs.
We made a storyboard to help us divide up our preliminary task making it easy to understand how and what exactly we needed to do and prevent confusion, it included the different shots and camera angles we would be using throughout the making of our task.
At first we were all finding the task a little difficult as we were all new to the different pieces of equipment such as the cameras and tripods. However, we soon began to get to grips with using them and we then found it quite easy to operate the equipment and the different camera angles and shots. We used our classroom to film our job interview scenario, and we used the corridor just outside the classroom for our first shot. We had a few difficulties with this as there was some students walking in and out of other classrooms which meant we had to wait until after school to shoot this scene as to ensure no one else was around to interrupt our filming.
We used lots of different camera angles and shots to show off what we had learnt in the recent weeks, also we managed to do a successful match on action shot with a close up of Lakeisha opening the door. When she entered, she crossed the room and sat down in front of Cleo, and there was some dialogue between both characters. During the interview we made sure we followed the 180 degree rule, to ensure the film was of a high standard.
The plot of the interview was that Cleo would be very blunt and hostile showing her character as a very strange person, this is shown when she asks Lakeisha strange and forward questions. Also to show that Lakeisha felt uncomfortable and unnerved in this situation we used medium shots which showed her lower body constantly fidgeting showing her uneasiness. The interview itself is very short, and in the end Lakeisha is told by Cleo's strange character that she had been unsuccessful and did not get the job.
Our preliminary task, overall, was successful as we managed to follow and complete the set guidelines and give it our own twist. As a team we cooperated very well and we were all focused on the task and we were able to all learn from and with each other. We decided that we shouldn't go to crazy with the creativity for this task instead we just followed the criteria so we could stay in our comfort zones as we didn't want to get caught up in any confusion or complications. Instead we decided that we would save all our creativity for our actual film opening sequence.
As this preliminary task was all our first attempt at filming for media, I think that we did very well as we all learnt a lot and we have all become a lot more confident within the subject. As preparation for the real task i think this preliminary task was excellent because now, for the real task we all feel confident about what we need to do as we now have an idea of what needs to be done and what should be included. Also we have decided to work in the same group for our Film Opening Task as we got on and worked so well together.
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