Evaluation

Evaluation

For our prelim we were given the setting of a police interrogation room, and the prop of a wig.  Our first idea was have two police officers talking about the evidence [the wig] but making it very dramatic and suspenseful, however the wig to be revealed at the end and make it humorous. We kept on developing our ideas and eventually had to decide on one that was the most realistic given our short time period. We decided on an investigator, who has the wig on, interviewing a suspect.

We spent some time on our story board making sure we had the 180 rule, somebody walking through a door, and match cuts.  We also tried to incorporate two aspects into one i.e. the match cut of somebody walking through the door. Although none of us could draw, we tried out best to make it understandable in our story board, even if this meant writing out a whole shot. We all worked together, and we all got involved with creating and finalising the storyboard. 

Our filming took a while as there was a lot of nervous laughter, and blunders with the lines, which is understandable. There was also a part where the person manning the camera tripped over on it and jolted the camera, which disrupted the smooth pan. There was also some confusion about where the subject was walking to. Some shots had to be practised so the subject stayed in the frame, or if it looked messy, it would have to be redone. One thing that was really successful was the suspects’ lines and the cockiness that was portrayed. We all worked very well as a group and respected each other’s props. Considering we had a short time to film, we managed to get everything done so I think we organised our time for filming really well.

The completed film was a success as we managed to edit all out shots together really well and it flowed. Our match cut of somebody coming through the door was very well done, and the 180 shot was consistent, and we managed to get our angles to the investigator looked more powerful than the suspect. We also added in dramatic music to add to the atmosphere.

If we was to do this again I would ensure that we had 5 seconds on each end of the sequence we were filming, as  some of it is quite blunt with the cut scenes and editing. Hopefully next time we would have more time so many have more dialogue and close ups. In one shot, we didn’t notice somebody was in the frame and therefore we should check our sequences more often. I have learnt that the use of close ups makes scenes very dramatic. 

Storyboarding is also a process that shouldn’t be rushed, and things can change when filming as it creates new ideas, and therefore nothing is permanent when storyboarding. 

Overall I think our prelim went quite well and was a success considering the small time scale, and as we are all beginners.