The Start of the Preliminary Task

Today is the start of the Preliminary Task, we are going to have to create a 30 second clip that focuses on continuity editing.

Unfortunately, there were only two of us in the group because the others were in exams. This could potentially lead to some problems in the next two sessions when we have to film and edit the film, but it could not be avoided and we will just have to make the best of it.

In the two hours, Louise and I successfully storyboarded and scripted our entire clip, basing the story around a friend who has found out that someone has cheated on their friend and is confronting them over it.

We decided that it would be best to keep the film simple as we are not marked on the actual clip itself, but we do lose marks if we do not do it. This has led to us deciding that it was not worth wasting time and energy on something that will, in essence, gain us no marks at all. So we instead decided to focus upon picking up the skills in recording and editing rather than put ourselves in at the deep end.

Before the next session we need to create the props of the photographs and make sure that we can utilise the room we wish to use. We also need to source some sound effects and music to embellish the clip when we eventually get around to editing it.