Evaluating Preliminary Task

For our preliminary task, we were asked to shoot a short sequence of a series of various camera shots and angles. This was to demonstrate how we can use different shot types such as, match on action, shot reverse shot and also mantaining the 180 degree rule. We decided who would take which role, Mercedes filmed the shots wth the camera, Michael and I acted ni the film. Michael displayng the 'opening of a door'.

The first part of the task, we filmed Michael from a long shot and he walked towards the camera (and door), we then cut to a close up of his hand pushing the door open. We then came back to a long shot of Michael as he walked through the door. This displayed the match on action shot. We then filmed a medium shot of Michael sitting down, whch then cut to a medium shot of me and agan back to Michael. This demonstartes shot reverse shot. Throughout the film, we maintained the 180 degree rule.
My role was to have a short conversation with Michael in which he asked, 'are you okay' and I replied 'not bad thanks, you?', finishing with Michael saying 'not bad thanks'.

I was happy with the final result, although there is room for improvement. The surroundings we filmed in were slightly too loud and overpowered our voices slightly. Overall though, the results were satisfactory.
The camera work could be more fluid, the transtion between shots are slightly jumpy/mismatched. The match on action matched quite well and so I was impressed with this. I think that we worked well as a group and will produce more good work together.

I haven't had much experience with using the camera but I am confident with it and I am very confident with using Imovie.