Preliminary Task Evaluation

How did filming go?

we worked well as a team and had an idea of what shots we wanted to include as well as having already prepared a storyboard beforehand and discussed what would be the best way to shoot them.

Having friends that agreed to help out and work as additional actors for our task proved to be useful as it meant we now had more people and could get filming done quicker.

How did editing go?

Having had practice with the software and knowing how we want the final video to look we just got on with it and were working really effectively without wasting any time. Although we did learn new things meanwhile editing preliminary task material.

Any Problems Encountered?

Some of the problems included that we didn't have any professional actors which meant we had to re-film same scenes over and over again until we had good looking shots without any people in the background as well as being happy with the quality of actor work. Another problem we encountered was the quality of audio , the dialogue between our actors sounded really washed out with a lot of background noise. We fixed this by re-recording the audio separately and then syncing the audio clip with the already filmed actors.

Strengths?

Our major strengths were our teamwork which allowed us to overcome some of the problems encountered last minute and get a decent looking result fairly fast, I was also happy with most camera shots and the music choices our group has come up with. 

Weakness?

the main weaknesses would be our actors , having very limited amount of time which meant we had to rush some of the things and having to solve problems quickly in order to meet deadlines.

Same next time?

Things to keep same next time would be the team work , nice steady and varied shots as before ,and effective editing.

Different next time?

Maybe try and find more people outside our group who are good actors which will not only improve quality of our work because of better acting quality but also will allow our group members to focus on the technical side of things such as making sure that the scene is set right , no random people in the background , variety of shots , more time for editing etc.