JH: Preparation for preliminary task

JH: Preparation for preliminary tasks:

Storyboard

• In the lesson a brief was first given about the preliminary filming task. The brief included explanation of construction including specific criteria that needs to be met during the creation of the clip. 
• The criteria for the clip is as follows: It has to be a continuous sequence, it must incorporate two lines of dialogue, it must have a 180 degree perspective during dialogue and finally it must include footage of a door being opened.
• After given the criteria needed, examples were shown of the previous years to give the class an idea on how to start the clip. Each of the examples included various camera techniques such as swish pans, birds eye camera angles, and other techniques that could possibly feature in our own preliminary tasks.  Here is one of the previous years preliminary task that was viewed -  Preliminary Task example. From this example our group considered the use of camera angles from the clip and accordingly may use a birds eye angle.
• Before production of the preliminary clip could begin, planning had to be done. The planning consisted of a group discussion in my group concerning the plot and where different techniques and criteria could feature.
• Our plot ideas included an idea of a student leaving detention to go meet his friend, Though not the most inventive plot, this simple story line allows the group to include all the criteria to make a continuous and aesthetically pleasing clip. 
• A storyboard had to be drawn up. This storyboard consisted of six boxes, each box showed a rough sketch of what elements are incorporated in the scene, in addition to this captions were added mentioning which angles and techniques will be used in the clip to meet the criteria. An example of this being in scene four in which a close up is used to present a hand opening the door which is required to match the brief successfully.