here is my mind map which is ideas for my opening two minutes such as what genre i want to use and setting where i am going to be filming it having a rough idea will help me than trying to think of it right on the spot. i have an idea of what we are going to be doing as it is similar to a vary of films but we will make ours original as we will have our own characters, brand new script and we will use our own local places.

Preliminary evaluation

the preliminary task had been shown to an audience which was our media class, they watched our whole clip and then gave us feedback on it. There was certain things which they looked out for to see such as editing, match on action, holding camera steady, shot reverse shot and camera angles. This was what we had to mainly focus on in our clip it didnt matter about the acting it was how we used the camera effectively.

there was alot of feedback which was mainly positive but there were a few situation which we can improve. they said that the room effect with securtiy camera was extremely effective as it changed the angle to a low angle and also change the way we was seeing the shot, the fact that the cctv camera came out well and matched it perfectly ment that our use of editing was good.

someone stated that we should have used effect while I was in the lift that just watching me go down dragged on and could have been experimented and twigged to improve it and bring a bit more attention but they said the close up with pushing the button was good as it brought attention to me as it showed that I was an important character.

camera was overall steady which was good as we tried to move camera around alot and it makes it more professional it being steady. they said that we need to take more risks and try out more angles than sticking to the easier ones. shot reverse shot was overall was used and that it worked well using it during the conversation as the conversation switched quickly from one character to another and it gave the person speaking main focus and stood them out.

match on action was used and that we did well but there were some occasions where could have cut it by a millisecond to prevent the clicking sound from stopping and starting the camera. they also said that they could see a person in the background that shouldnt have been there and if took more time that we could have prevented that.

180 degree rule was used alot but there had been times where we crossed the line which we should have catched up on and changed to prevent it being shown in the final footage. 180 degree rule worked well when walking to the place and during the conversation. if crossing the line during conversation it would have confused the audience which we didnt so it went really well. 

they liked the angles we used for each shot but wish we used a more variety than sticking to the same ones. overall it went well and gonna use the feedback to help us with our opening two minutes. we also need to improve the sound as it was too high and it caused the sound of the door to be high pitch and squeeky which wasnt nice for the audience when watching it.

footage of our preliminary task

here is our preliminary task i hope you enjoy :D

premilinary task- research and planning

story board

we use the story board to plan preliminary task. we had a box which we used to draw out an image which we was going to record. we showed different angle shots on each drawing and below that box we wrote out how long that shot was going to last for. It then contained more boxes which we would included the dialogue for each section, the sound and which angle we chose to use in that part. we showed a variety of angles throughout and allowed a good amount of time to show it.
we did very well with chosing the right angle for certain shots.
we started off with a story board located in the art department but came to realise that it wasnt effective and wouldnt work well so we scrapped that and decided to choose a different location where we could expand the angles more.

film diary

 we decided to set the task in st johns as there were many levels that we could use. we started off with a middle shot of me walking towards the camera in a corridor approaching the lift. that was recorded for about 8 seconds then we stopped the recording and chose a close up shot of me pressing the button on the lift this gave effect and focus on the subject,that was recorded for about 4 seconds.
The camera was then located inside the lift as I entered the lift this showed 180 degree rule, then it was then moved over to over shoulder shot of me in the lift then moving out the lift. The camera was stopped and then started again of what me walk out of the lift from infront of me so i was walking towards the camera. this gave a vibe of a presence watching me. We deicded to use a high angle shot in view of a cctv camera which gave it more interest and better appearance,this gave great effect.
CCTV camera was filmed for about 8 seconds which then was changed to a middle angle shot of me opening the door and entering. The camera gave an appearance of me walking past it as i carry on to the second door which we use the same angle and stay on the same side to stick to the 180 degree rule. The camera is shown to be infront of me so i am walking towards the camera but at the end up walk straight past the camera instead. The low angle shot has been chosen for the next shot as it watched me walked down the steps gradually moving closer. Then the camera moved to a middle angle shot watching me sit down. Then the camera moved in seconds to over my shoulder while you watched Charlotte walked down the stair then we should the 180 rule through the discussion as I spoke it was be shown from over Charlotte shoulder and over my shoulder when she replied. This went on for some time until the conversation was finished as you watched Charlotte
Storm of you stay a distance still looking over my shoulder and when she leave through the door to give it affect the camera appears on the other side watching her come out and storm past the camera Down the corridor I think that it worked very effectively had to give it some takes to make sure that we stuck to the 180 rule.

editing

we went on to adobe premiere elements 10 and began to edit our footage our final footage had 3 minutes as we had made some errors which we were going to cut, it took an hour or so to sort it out, we removed the extra parts that werent needed and made sure that each section carried on exactly in the following shot we managed to reduce it to approxiametly 1 minute and 35 seconds. we then added a edit that made the shot with the cctv camera look like a cctv camera which worked very effectively. we made the video a lot more smooth by  making the shots flow together and transition better.

Research and planning

A good start Casey. Make sure your analysis is detailed - see below for what to include.
Make sure you upload your preliminary task.

You should have at least 8-10 posts on here by next Tuesday, including:
- Analysis of at least 4 different genre openings (analyse how mise-en-scene, sound, plot convey genre to audience)
- Preliminary task diary
- Preliminary task evaluation
- own ideas mind map - what genre? plot? etc
- Analysis of at least 2 openings of films from your chosen genre