Friday, 8 January 2010
Evaluate your preliminary coursework assignment:
In my preliminary coursework, I learnt how to use the camera, and developed the skill of cross cutting scenes and panning the camera. In our team, we experienced how to give everybody a job and take turns by changing the jobs around, like at one point, have actors, a camera person and a stage director, and change them around every so often. This gave everybody the chance to learn how to do the different things needed in a filming set. In our preliminary coursework, we communicated the message of work placement and the problems people encounter. We did this by filming a scene of a boss having to fire one of her employees for drinking at work and not doing the tasks she is given.
In my preliminary coursework, I learnt how to use the camera, and developed the skill of cross cutting scenes and panning the camera. In our team, we experienced how to give everybody a job and take turns by changing the jobs around, like at one point, have actors, a camera person and a stage director, and change them around every so often. This gave everybody the chance to learn how to do the different things needed in a filming set. In our preliminary coursework, we communicated the message of work placement and the problems people encounter. We did this by filming a scene of a boss having to fire one of her employees for drinking at work and not doing the tasks she is given.
Self Evaluation of Skills:
My organization skills are quite good but i sometimes tend to hand my work in after deadline. I can easily improve this by giving myself more time to work and focusing properly on what i am supposed to be doing instead of getting distracted. I am reliable because when i am given a job i take responsibility and will complete the task given. Out of 5 I would rank myself as 4.
My technical skills at the moment are not quite up to standards but i can easily improve this by dedicating more time to practice with the cameras and other equipment. I also need to take more time to learn the terminology and try to understand more about sound editing and lighting. I could do this by watching more thriller films and paying attention to the camerawork more.
My organization skills are quite good but i sometimes tend to hand my work in after deadline. I can easily improve this by giving myself more time to work and focusing properly on what i am supposed to be doing instead of getting distracted. I am reliable because when i am given a job i take responsibility and will complete the task given. Out of 5 I would rank myself as 4.
My technical skills at the moment are not quite up to standards but i can easily improve this by dedicating more time to practice with the cameras and other equipment. I also need to take more time to learn the terminology and try to understand more about sound editing and lighting. I could do this by watching more thriller films and paying attention to the camerawork more.
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Evaluation of the preliminary coursework assignment.
Through working with my group mates on the preliminary task i learnt that i knew all the functions of the camera, but i was not very productive with the camera, as i was shaky and my panning was not up to scratch. As a team we worked quite well though, i found it easy to produce some sort of media to quite a high standard. But as a group we experienced that when filming the characters playing the parts would be more camera shy and laugh and it was a struggle to get the right scene we wanted.
The preliminary task was simple film as short scene and practice with the cameras. But as a group we wanted to challenge ourselves so we tried to make the film more interesting so we did close ups on the door handle opening and some nice panning shots. But there was no story behind our task it was merely practice.
The preliminary task was simple film as short scene and practice with the cameras. But as a group we wanted to challenge ourselves so we tried to make the film more interesting so we did close ups on the door handle opening and some nice panning shots. But there was no story behind our task it was merely practice.
Self evaluation of skills
Personally i think i am quite organised and am good at handing work in on time. I find myself to be quite reliable and able to help when i am needed. overall i would rate myself 4 out of 5. To improve i think i need to cooperate more with my group mates on what i should be doing.
Technically i think i am alright i understand well how the camera works but i think i need to improve on actually using the camera, as i am not that steady. To improve this i should practice my camera work in my free periods by getting the cameras and working with the tripod. I think i have a good understanding on the effects of lighting and the sound.
Lesson 7th January
- Max is doing Pratical coursework elements
Homework- Each Person to devise 3x 50 word plot summaries for a film which you could potentially make