My Group's Preliminary Video

This is my group's preliminary video in which we had to capture three different effects with filming. The three shots we managed to portray was a continuity shot, 180 degree rule and a shot-reverse-shot.

Initially my group filmed a entirely different video, we wanted our clip to be about a parents evening, and placed the scene near classrooms, however, one thing we failed to do was assess our surroundings, and halfway through the scene someone walked right into it. We took that as a lesson when we filmed the final preliminary task.

During the process of filming the 'Woods Scene' my group and I stumbled among a few problems, most of the problems we found a solution to, but this helped us to realise what sort of things we would have to look out for when we have to start filming our Film Opening later.  

Issues such as timing, continuity in what we were wearing, where we placed our feet in certain shots, and spacial awareness arose. It took us a few attempts to shoot the shot-reverse-shot as the space in which we were filming in was fairly cramped and Grace Robinson and Amber Shelley who were filming, was discovered later to be in the scene.  Of all of the obstacles that got in our way, I believe it was the shot reverse shot which my group and I found harder to overcome. In hindsight I realize this became something of a problem as we did not fully understand what is required for that type of shot to begin with, we did not realize the back of the shoulder had to be included which resulted in my group having to film it all over again lessons later.
On the other hand, things I thought my group and I had got right, was the setting which was appropriate with the thriller theme we initially had when planning. It would have been better if we had added tension by adding dramatic music, however, this is something which will be considered and put into practice when editing our 2 minute film opening. Also, even though it took longer than we had planned, I think we managed to successfully manage the three shots. Furthermore, editing our video at first was a bit confusing, though after a short while it seemed quite straight forward.