Preliminary Task

What we did

What went well

What was challenging

First we decided on a simple story line being someone needing help with their homework and so asks another person to get their book from their locker. This was worked well as it included all the necessary shots such as shot reverse shot, match on action, obeying the 180 degree rule, and continuity editing.

After we had a clear outline of the video we started to draw each shot, using a paper frame which helped greatly to get an accurate visual representation of the shot needed. 

Once we had drawn the shots, we then filled in the bottom section with duration, interior/exterior, shot type, action, transition, and sound. To do this when their was speech we said each line out and timed it for an accurate duration.

When we started filming the first challenge was to find an empty and silent classroom to use as their were lessons going on around us which we did not want to disturb. Also filming the shots in a different order to the story board was hard as we had to keep the tripod in the same position for the person speaking twice. We finished within half an hour which was good and numerous of shots turned out very well such as the ariel shot and the match on action within the locker.

The editing process ran smoothly as we didn't need to re-film any clips, however once we watched it back we realised a few errors. Such as when the camera was inside the locker, Shana wasn't sitting in her seat causing a minor continuity error, also when it was my time to talk 
I looked up in 2 different shots so it almost looked repeated and the conversation didn't flow as well as it could of.

Next time to improve we could take time to notice any continuity errors as they are a very common mistake.

Overall it was smooth and the transitions between opening the locker and being inside the locker worked extremely well. 

Here is our final product

And below is my animatic