Evaluation
Making my prelim has taught me that when filming, I need to loosen the tripod; this is because on certain scenes when moving it to the side during a shot, it jogged a lot and made cracking noises which affected our video as we had to re-record the scene and mute the original. Another problem I found we had with our prelim was that we used the microphone built into the camera for scenes, and when we shot outside the sound of the wind was louder than our voices.
The skills I have developed from making the prelim are how to use Adobe Premiere, as I hadn’t used the programme before and now know exactly what I am doing. I have learnt how to cut scenes down and move them through the timeline, how to add effects in such as ‘de-crackling’ to improve the audio. I also learnt how to download certain audio files from the internet and add them into my prelim.
I have received feedback off Mrs Black, who told me that my prelim is to a good standard, however there are some problems with continuity, such as clothing throughout scenes because we had to film the prelim over a matter of days, some of which we were wearing different clothes. As we ran out of time and couldn’t change this, we have learnt that it is something we must work on in our next task.
I could improve my prelim by using more advance technology for the sound. This will focus more on the sound of our voices and not on the sound of the wind. I can also use a better tripod and loosen it to make the video look smoother. Another thing I could work on is the continuity of the video, so I would need to make sure that I bring in the clothes I wore for previous scenes.
By Hollie Fowler
