Group: Preliminary Task

What we did well:

• Good range of camera shots - Feedback from the rest of the class suggested the POV shots and the tracking shot using the dolly were the most effective as we recieved lots of positive feedback from these techniques. Keeping the tripod attatched to the camera when shooting the POV worked really well because the footage wasn't too shaky.
• Although we did not use the music track we originally planned to use, the music we ended up using suited the clip as it helped to build up a dull and slightly depressed atmosphere which tied in with the storyline.
• Good editing of the clip. Because we used a medium-fast cutting rate, every action had to be cut at exactly the right time to ensure the transition looked smooth from one shot to another. The hardest parts to do this were the door opening and when Jamie walked down the corridor. We had to ensure that we switched from the POV shot to the long shot while Jamie walked down the corridor at the right time to avoid it looking like he walked over the same spot twice or he suddenly jumped foward a few feet.

What we could have improved on:

• At the end of the clip, the soundtrack over powered the dialogue so much that one of the lines of speech could not be heard. To combat this for future productions, we could prehaps use a fade on the music or stop it all together. Luckily there was still a two-line conversation which was needed to fufill the criteria of the preliminary task.
• Bad continuity: the beginning panning shot showed the door open in the background which  was then shown to be closed 30 seconds later when Jamie went to open it. Unless we went back to show the door getting closed by someone else later in the film, this could confuse the audience.
• Shaking of the camera during the tracking shot using the dolly. Although there was not much we could do to edit out this error once the film had been made, we might have thought ahead and used a handicam shot instead or put something smooth down the floor. We could not find any effects on Premiere to combat this. Minor problems like this should be considered when filming our opening to ensure optimum quality