PRELIMINARY EXERCISE EVALUATION

For the preliminary exercise I worked with Jamie Partridge and Courtney Smith. We were given roles to help make the video, they were;

• Cameraman
• Soundman
• Director
• Editor

We all took turns in each of these roles to make sure we had an equal amount of work to do in the making of the video.
Of the work I done, the areas I thought I was most successful in were the camera work and editing. This is because I felt confident handling the camera and taking the shots aswell as learning how to edit and put our video together. The area I thought I could do better in was the directing. This is because at the time I wasn't as confident in the types of shot that would work best.

As a result of making this video I have learnt many new skills that will help me with later tasks in the coursework. I learnt both practical skills, such as how to handle the camera and microphone, and theoretical skills, such as making a storyboard in preparation for the video.

The overall technical quality of the finished video I felt was of a satisfactory standard. The areas I felt were good were the framing of shots and sound recording. I felt we could have done better in the editing, something which would help us do this was to leave bigger handles at the beginning and end of shots and also to make sure we had good continuity.

The feedback we received was generally positive however the audience felt some of the cuts were too sudden. If we had to do the project again we would leave bigger handles which would help with the suuden cuts.