Storyboarding and Filming of Prelimnary Task

We storyboarded all our ideas scene by scene so that it was made into a plot and storyline, this was to make it easier when we came to filming because we would know what to film when. Timings, props, character, dialogue and setting was added into our storyboard so that we knew cleary what we needed to do when we got to filming all of the scenes.

When we came to putting in the timings to each scene, we struggled with our limits as we were only allowed 30 seconds overall. After counting up all of the timings at the end we came to around 1.21 seconds and realised we needed to cut quite a lot of the storyline out. We decided to leave it and change some of the footage when we came to filming.

We also took plenty of time deciding on then camera angles and shots that would be used to make it effective when we came to filming. This way it would make sam look evil and Kit look vulnerable and intimidated.

When filming we used all the scenes that we had storyboarded originally so that when it came to editing we could edit out whatever we wanted and didn't have to use it all.

We used as many different camera angles as we could for effect and so that there was plenty of variation between pthe two different characters.

We hadn't given ourselves much time so we didn't really have the best location for our filming and it wasn't particularly effective. If we had, had more time we would have done it out of school and made the location look scarier and better for the scnes itself.

Photo taking - Preliminary task

For our preliminary task we took the concept of having two prisoners held hostage, therefore to keep the storyline we thought we might need some evidence to use in our video. So we had a "photoshoot" of Jay and myself being hostages.

We wanted to achieve a look that made it seem as if we were trapped in a small space and it was dangerous. However we didn't allow ourselves much time, so we had to take the photos in college and only had a few resources to make ourselves look

as if we were being held hostage.

If we had given ourselves more time, I think that the photo's would have been a lot more effective and we could have made them more authentic and realistic. We would have chosen a better location and used more make-up and props for the photo's to be more effective.

After looking at the photos that we had taken, I had decided that they didn't look as if we had been beaten up or held hostage much at all. So I used a website called picknik.com to edit and manipulate the photos and make them look as if we actually were injured, that was they would look for effective for the final video.

Overall the photo looked quite effective, however I know that if we had put in more time the images could have looked a lot better than they did. These images will be used as part of our video when we come to filming the final edit of our preliminary task.

Planning Preliminary Task

Starting with the plan for our preliminary task, we thought of a idea and concept for the 30 second video. Kit however was not here but we still went forward with planning for our storyboarding, props, characters and settings. Next lesson or the next time we see Kit we will catch her up with what has happening so that she is prepared for filming and editing in the next few lessons.