Reflecting on the skill that I have developed:
Initially, when we started with planning and going onto film it was clear to me that we needed to be prepared. I noticed the amounts of shots needed when performing a single action. The skills I have developed are planning ahead to know exactly what to do and in what order as it is crucial when editing. In addition, the accuracy with each shot we took even though we did it continuously, yet as a group we now know that a variety of shots will have to be taken and repeated to get the perfect one. When planning and filming, I developed my communicative skills when talking through each action and preparing a script. Lastly, when it came down to editing I had some experience but I picked up some techniques that will be useful in making future films.
Strengths/Weaknesses;
The skills I was particularly good at were communicating and planning as I carefully planned out the story line and did separate actions for it. Followed by camera techniques underneath. Moreover, the shot-reverse-shot was also used well as I made sure to keep the 180 degrees rule when doing so (over the shoulder technique used simultaneously). The 180 degree rule was used well where I had to imagine there was an invisible axis and keep on one side of it so that the positions of the individuals made sense to the viewer. The skills I was less good at was not taking individual shots, instead it was a continuous shot which was difficult to edit at the final stage. In addition, making sure the movement was continuous, as It was shot just focusing on one action instead of thinking of it as a whole and considering the match on action.
Strengths/Weaknesses;
The skills I was particularly good at were communicating and planning as I carefully planned out the story line and did separate actions for it. Followed by camera techniques underneath. Moreover, the shot-reverse-shot was also used well as I made sure to keep the 180 degrees rule when doing so (over the shoulder technique used simultaneously). The 180 degree rule was used well where I had to imagine there was an invisible axis and keep on one side of it so that the positions of the individuals made sense to the viewer. The skills I was less good at was not taking individual shots, instead it was a continuous shot which was difficult to edit at the final stage. In addition, making sure the movement was continuous, as It was shot just focusing on one action instead of thinking of it as a whole and considering the match on action.
Success of Film?
The aspects of the completed film that worked were the skills applied for example taking the 180 degree rule into consideration as well as shot-reverse-shot. Some of the shots that I experimented with like having extreme long shot and medium close shot worked well, although It would be useful to consider using individual shots for each action so no zooming in or out is evident just keeping the camera still and focusing on the individual performing the action and making the shots go together as one movement when editing. The less successful aspects of the completed film were definitely not taking separate shots into consideration which ruined the aspect of the continuous movement. Next time I will make sure the movement of the focal point moves continuously and several shots will be taken at different at different angles.
I have learned that it is crucial to plan and create story boards to stay focused and on task, it is there to demonstrate what sort of action and shot the actor and film maker is suppose to take. The storyboard as a whole is a foundation to making a film come to life, as well as the shooting and editing.
I have learned that it is crucial to plan and create story boards to stay focused and on task, it is there to demonstrate what sort of action and shot the actor and film maker is suppose to take. The storyboard as a whole is a foundation to making a film come to life, as well as the shooting and editing.