Preliminary Evaluation

We were give a preliminary task for media where we had to create a short 30 second video clip. The preliminary task involves filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue .Which involved having one 180 degree shot which was to show that two character were talking, a match on action. Our video was about a student in toilet during  a lesson and another student walking in the toilet and they give each other stares that are not polite and so the have some sort of dialogue. Which end up with one of them storming out.My group consisted of ,Mikeal, Kunal, Mansour and Ahmed the name of our production was called “Conflict”.

WWW:Our story line was good as a narrative and their could be a real story line there.Furthermore we use the shot reveres shot well during the conversation where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.Also  another thing is that our audio was very clear and dialogue from the script was very smooth and wasn't rushed. Another thing is that we had clear sound bridge when Ahmed was walking into the toilets .while he was walking we showed Mansour washing his hands and then when back to Ahmed and still the tap was still running which created an unusual atmosphere.Then finally what we did well is that we had good match on action shots when Mansour turns on the tap  and when Ahmed walks through the door.The match on action shots were very smooth and clear.

EBI:

Our 180 degree rule was done properly.The dialogue in the toilet didn't have a clear 180 degree rule as we shot it one by one and we should shot the conversation of them by  a medium shoot with them together in a same shot.the placements of the characters was confusing for the audience.Another thing we could’ve improved is that the conversation was a bit forced because Mansour asks Ahmed "Are you kool" and he replies with "Yeah" then he says "DON'T ASK ME QUESTION".This shows that he is a bit confused and abit edgy and we don't want that reaction. Also the 180 degree rule was broken when carrying out the shot/reverse shot. This happened because when filming our shot/reverse shot, instead of switching from the left side of one person to the right side of the other, we just filmed from one left side to the other.Another even better if would be if we had shot ahmed coming through the 2 toilet doors.as the toilets dont have one door we just made it seem that way.but for real it has 2 doors and so by showing the match on action on one may have been a bit confusing the people who know the school well.Adding the the 2 doors would have built more tension to the atmosphere.