Our prelim taught me many skills that helped us make our film opening:
I worked with Josh Stevenson, Harry Kettenis and Juliette Wileman to create our preliminary sequence. Our brief was to film a continuity sequence involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite character with whom he exchanges dialogue. Our thriller involved the storyline of a strong antagonist asking a worker if a task has been done. We shot our sequence in the foyer and classroom in the media block.
Preproduction:
- We made notes on the shots that we planned to take.
- Later in our film openings we were able to type up the plans that we made and revised them when our ideas developed.
- We created storyboards and shootboards so we could be organised like we were in the prelim.
Animatic:
This was our animatic at Josh's house. From the making of this, we realised that we needed a lighting set and needed changes to dialogue and some camera angles.Test Shoot:
From the test shoot, we realised that we needed a bigger room to get the camera movement that we wanted. We also needed to further recitfy dialogue for character development.
Production:
- When filming match on action shots, I learnt that the crew should keep a note of where a character changes actions so this can be replicated correctly in other shots of the same action.
- We also had to maintain this on our film opening shoots. We used pencil marks to mark the positioning of the door and objects.
Post-Production:
We were able to practice the continuity rules during the prelim. I understood the significance of the 180 degree rule so I then knew where to place the camera in relation to the subject.
- I learnt that I could use the audio level bar on the timeline in Adobe Premiere Pro to increase the match of the audio of differently framed shots.
- This was useful as our sequence followed varied shot composition so the sound and volume was different however the audio bars enabled us to adjust the audio of the footage hence making seamless sound transitions.
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| Using LiveType to make Titles |
- I learnt to use the razor tool to split clips on the timeline and add keyframes on shots.
- This was useful as we split clips to adjust audio such as adding background sound to make the sound consistent.
- We also split video such as turning the light switch on as we had different grading settings.
- We used keyframes to adjust certain parts of the dialogue which were too quiet to understand initially.
- I learnt how to demonstrate a variety of continuity rules.
- These were improved further in our film opening.
- We didn't grade in the prelim so we found it time consuming and difficult in our film opening.
- We didn't use LiveType in our Prelim so it took us longer to get used to the software and using the Apple Mac.
Communication:
- Our opening sequence group needed to discuss planning, production and post production. We used various means of communication such as our facebook group, whatsapp conversations, emails and any platforms that we could find. In between edit sessions we would update eachother on what has been done and what needs to be done via post its and messages.
We were given a small time scale to plan, film and edit our prelims. I think this also taught us how to work fast to deadlines. It allowed us to refamiliarise ourselves with the editing software, Adobe Premiere Pro.
Throughout this project I have become more confident with using technology to create the film opening. I have learnt more about institutions through the research that I did to find suitable institutions for our film. I have the continuity rules memorised as a result of carefully checking while storyboarding, filming and editing. The progression through this project has helped me improve my film making skills as a result of the practice, production and feedback during the project. I enjoyed it and I hope people enjoy the film opening I made as a product of my knowledge.
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