Evaluation of the prelim

Previously in class, before we started our actual preparation for our film opening 'LUDID' we were set a task to create a prelim. The prelim is like a practise for the real thing before we start our real film opening. It is important to practise before we actually start so that we can get a feel for what its actually like to make a short film sequence and so that we can learn from any mistakes that might make when creating the prelim. 

Here are the three main points that we need to address when creating our prelim:

1) make sure you use at least one match cut, which makes the action appear more seamless, time is meant to be continues.

2.    2) An example of a reverse shot, cuts from one person speaking to another, this is very useful in our sequence as it consist of a dialogue.

3.    3) Show your understanding of the 180 degree rule

In order to make this prelim we had to prepare in a number of different ways. Firstly we had to decide which sub genre we would like it to fit into. Here we chose the sub genre of a phycological thriller and this is reflected in the title of our prelim which is "Paranoia". The subgenre is also reflected in Mark's acting are dialogue, we see him walking at a quick pace down the corridor whilst constantly looking over his shoulder like some one is chasing him. He then enters the room and he says to the woman (me) "I can hear voices" this is not something normal for a person to have which shows that he must have some kind of mental illness or paranoia which is a physiological thing. To prepare we also had to create a storyboard of shot by shot what we wanted to film, this was effective however unfortunately the drawings were not clear so it would be hard for someone who doesn't know what is going to happen what is happening. I think that we can learn from our mistakes here and when it comes to the real thing we can make the storyboard clear so that all will be able to understand what is happening in it.

The location that we used to film the prelim was in college and with our establishing shot we were able to set the scene for the audience by showing the college corridor. I believe that the prelim was effective as I was able to further my knowledge of how to use Final Cut Pro and with the editing we we were able to use a number of different camera shots in order to make the footage flow nicely giving a variety of shots making the sequence interesting for the audience to watch. I feel that creating a prelim is necessary because we are able to practise and learn from our mistakes so that when we come to making to real thing we will not make those mistakes again.
I also learnt how to use the 180 degree rule which I didn't know about before and now i understand that it is a very important thing to take into consideration when filming as to not confuse the oritenation of the viewer. In the prelim we also you shot reverse shot which was a good thing to pracise to do as this is a key feature to use in a sequence with dialogue which i may need to address in the feature if we decide to add dialogue to the opening.