G321 Preliminary Task - Final Cut

This is the final cut of mine, Jono's and Nile's preliminary task. At the beginning it shows Jono walking through the car park. This shot is mainly focused on Jono, and makes you feel as if something may happen to him. This sort of shot could be easily used in a thriller film, to build up suspense. It then cuts to the hallway shot, which has dark lighting, and creates a sense of foreshadowing; this could also be included in a thriller film. The cut between the car park scene and the hallway scene is smooth and realistic. It then cuts to the bird’s eye view shot of Jono walking past the media studies room. This is where the problem starts. Jono walks past the media studies room, and into the editing room. The problem is that the conversation takes part in the media studies room, not the editing room. At 0.37 Jono walks past the media studies room. At 0.42 Jono is opening the editing room door. At 0.44 Jono walks into the media studies room. So somehow the media studies room is swapped with the editing room. Another problem with this part is the cut between Jono opening the door at 0.42, and Jono walking into the room at 0.43. The switch stutters which doesn't look very realistic. For the conversation, we used shot-reverse-shot and obeyed by the 180 degree rule, (two characters in a scene must always be in a left/right relationship, when the rule is broken, the audience get confused because the person on the left moves to the right, and the person on the right moves to the left). We used different camera angles during the conversation such a high angle and low angle. It then ends with a steady panning shot of Jono walking outside of the classroom. We decided to use a range of different shot types to see what effect each one had on the audience. Continuity became a problem for us, as between 0:43 seconds and 0:45 Jono changes costume. There were problems with our group because, it was originally me and Jono, then Nile changed class, and therefore we had to compromise our idea to fit Nile in. This meant we had to film on different days, and the costume wasn't the same as before. Overall i think our preliminary task was a success, apart from the odd anomaly, I thoroughly enjoyed filming it and watching the finished product.