Preliminary Task

Our preliminary task is to create a short video with certain technical aspects within it. These had to include different camera angles, dialogue and a door opening.



Firstly I put forward the idea of a comedy sketch involving Lauren being a bully and myself being a victim. our group of four created a story board with ideas of the story. We initially had 18 takes but eventually narrowed it to 15. It was east to move the takes about because they were on sticky notes. We also scripted the small dialogue at this point.

We used the Ate centre (Food Hall) as the location for our filming, this was an ideal location because it had everything we needed for in terms of props and set and it was also empty so there would be no outside interruptions.  

This is where majority of the filming took place, we moved a few tables around to create enough space. The top left photo is the view from the the camera when filming the cctv shot. The middle right photo is the area used when Harry is running away. The bottom right photo is where the camera was put when filming the cctv. The second bottom photo on the left is the door used for the filming and the bottom left photo is the area used for entering the room and when I was thrown out of the door. For the cctv we had to use a tripod in order to get the right height and angle for the shot.  

For costume we just used the clothing we were wearing on the day of filming, which in turn suited the video. In terms of lighting we used natural lighting which worked well as it was the morning. We had orginally wanted to use a sandwhich as a prop but found it better to use a packet of crisps. 

For the editing stage we used the software Serif Movie plus, I found this really useful when trimming the footage and slowing it down for the slow motion scene. I did most of the editing because I have used the software before, Saul also knew how to use it so helped out a lot. Harry and Lauren didn't know too much about the software but imputted lots of ideas of how to edit it. Overall I feel it was a good group effort during the edting process. 

For the first of the video we used diagetic sound to create a natural feel of scene but we used non-diagetic sound by putting in some music to create a soundtrack. It was the theme music from Benny Hill. It was used for this piece of unedited footage.