Preliminary Film

The Priliminary Task

In groups which consisted on three, we had to show that we understood and could demonstrate continuity editing, but also to perfect our skills with this vital element. I was in a group with Ryan Clark and Tom Sullivan, and we had to film one of us walking into a classroom, sitting down and then having a conversation with someone. We created a storyboard, showing our ideas as to what will happen in each shot; the shot types, and angles that will be used. We used 'over the sholder' shots, 'high angle' shots and 'shot reverse shot' and remembering continuity editing and the 180 degree rule; we then filmed the piece. 'Shot reverse shot' is a good technique to use when two people are having a conversation, as you can clearly see what the person is saying, bu also you are able to distinguish the other person's reaction. Our piece consisted of Ryan walking down a corridor, walking into a classroom, and then having a conversation with me. I believe this task went very well, because the continuity editing was very precise, and you could not notice any 'jults' between shots. Also, when Ryan and I were having a conversation the use of 'shot reverse shot' was very effective, and it was very clear that we were having a conversation, and we were able to see one another's emotion and reaction. On the otherhand, this task did have one very minor difficulty. This was when ryan was to pierce a whole in his drink carton with his straw, and then having a close up of him drinking his drink. The difficulty was that he couldn't pierce the whole in his drink, and we tried this so many times, eventually after several attempts he finally pierced the whole in his drink; as i said this was our only very minor difficulty.

Induction Tasks - EBI

The task that i feel was not very successful, was creating the 'Jobsite' advert. I feel this didn't go so well, because i wasn't very fimiliar with using the equipment. Also, when editiing, the Mac did freeze quite a few times, and this didn't give us as much time to edit the clips as we would have wanted, therefore i didn't feel that this task went so well. But since this task, my skills with using the equipment have improved, along with using the Mac and iMovie.

Induction Tasks - WWW

I have been doing a number of tasks from the induction pack, and the activity that i feel went well, and was the best was re-creating the scene from 'Donnie Darko'. I enjoyed the task, as i feel this one was the most successful, and i was fully confident with using all of the equipment; such as the camera and iMovie. The task was focusing on continuity editing, and i feel that my group did very well with continuity editing. such as remembering the 180 degree rule, and shot reverese shot, whilst creating the scene. I didn't know this on the first set of induction tasks, therefore this clip would have looked the most successful; and quite professional.

How I Personalise My Blog

-Firstly i logged onto my blog, and then i clicked on the tab 'Design'.
-I then clicked on where it says 'Template Designer' to personalise my blog.
-I was able to see what design my blog would have, so i then chose the template called 'Awesome Inc'.
-Next i clicked 'Advanced', and then i changed the background colour.
-I then changed the colour of the text.
-This was all i wanted to change, so i then clicked 'apply to blog' and my blog was then personalised.

How I Personalised My Blog

-Once i logged onto my blog, i clicked on the tab saying 'Template Design'. It then showed me various templates, so i chose the one called 'Awsome Inc'.

-I then clicked on the tab called 'Advanced', and i then selected the colours of the background that i wanted, as well as the text.

-This was all i changed on my blog, as i didn't feel it was necessary to change anymore because

My first blog practice

How i uploaded this image:

1) Clicked the 'Add Image' buttom.

2) Clicked 'Browse'.

3) I then selected the image that i wanted.

4) I pressed 'Open'.