Jamie's Evaluation

Before we began this preliminary task I had a very limited understanding of what it takes to make and edit a filmed sequence. I felt reasonably comfortable on the theory side of things as we had done a lot on terms and covered all we needed to get started on the project. However, putting the theory into practise proved a lot more difficult than i had foreseen. I learnt that very subtle things that people who are just normally watching television or films would not notice, such as the 180 degree rule, have a big impact on the flow and continuity of a piece. Also i did not feel completely confident with using the editing software, however i got used to it very quickly would feel accomplished on it now.

I feel that as a group, we definitely all contributed an equal amount of workload into the project. We made all the important decisions regarding the piece as a group once we had had a dicussion on the best way to do something and come to an agreement between the three of us. In terms of location, we didn't really have to look far in order to find a place suitable for our sequence. We just needed an empty room that represented a police interrigation room. We all put in equal input into how the sequence was too be shot and this helped us get the work done quickly and efficiently as we had little arguements doing this.

Obviously, we made the three continuity editing strategies that were to be included our priority whilst filming. The first shot we filmed was the match on action shot as we agreed it would be the hardest to do. However I believe we dealt with it well as we did not over complicate the shot. To ensure we did not break the 180 degree Rule, we would set up an invisible line during shooting that we would stick too throughout.

In the main task our group will look to use the time we are given a lot better in terms just getting on with the task as I believe we spent to much time not doing much. However, once we got going we managed to accomplish a lot! Another thing we will look to improve on is exploring different techniques and doing more shots so as to give us a wider range of choice when editing.

Jamie Simmons :)