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Evaluation For the Preliminary Film the task was to create a short clip, which involved a character opening a door, sitting at a table, and has dialogue with another person it also had to last 2 minutes. Once I was aware of what I needed to do I started to put ideas together in order to come up with a storyline. The initial idea I came up with was for my main character to reject a job a mystery person and then they go to college for their lecture but during this time they receive random phone calls and texts from the person and it freaks them out. Before I could begin filming I needed to create a storyboard in order to put my film together. This allowed me to plot out my storyline and what to include in each scene including the criteria set by the examiner. As well as they storyboard I also needed to create a shooting script so it will help me direct when filming and the type of resources I would need to use when filming. The resources I would need are a camera and a tripod. When selecting my equipment I had to make sure the camera was fully charged and tripod was in working condition and the actors were prepared to start filming. Furthermore, I also needed to make sure others did not occupy the location I was using and was in a suitable condition. During filming I tried to include many camera shots, angles and movements as possible, for example long shot and mid shot. Using a different range of camera angles will make the quality of my film better and it will keep the viewers interested in the scene. At the beginning of my film I used a high angle shot as I only wanted one character to been seen. By doing this it creates suspense for the people who are watching. It also allows people to see the characters facial expressions more clearer. My time management for my film was not good because I did not meet the deadline for the preliminary film task as I had overrun with my filming time. Also the people who I had casted to be in my film needed to be free and most of the time they weren’t or they were not in. What I liked about my film was the main actor I used took on the role of the character really well and made the film look real. Also the edits I included to my film fitted in really well and added to the suspense of the film. As well as this the camera shots and angles I used were

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This is my evaluation about my A-Level Preliminary film.

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Evaluation      For  the  Preliminary  Film  the  task  was  to  create  a  short  clip,  which  involved  a  character  opening  a  door,  sitting  at  a  table,  and  has  dialogue  with  another  person  it  also  had  to  last  2  minutes.  Once  I  was  aware  of  what  I  needed  to  do  I  started  to  put  ideas  together  in  order  to  come  up  with  a  storyline.  The  initial  idea  I  came  up  with  was  for  my  main  character  to  reject  a  job  a  mystery  person  and  then  they  go  to  college  for  their  lecture  but  during  this  time  they  receive  random  phone  calls  and  texts  from  the  person  and  it  freaks  them  out.      Before  I  could  begin  filming  I  needed  to  create  a  storyboard  in  order  to  put  my  film  together.  This  allowed  me  to  plot  out  my  storyline  and  what  to  include  in  each  scene  including  the  criteria  set  by  the  examiner.  As  well  as  they  storyboard  I  also  needed  to  create  a  shooting  script  so  it  will  help  me  direct  when  filming  and  the  type  of  resources  I  would  need  to  use  when  filming.  The  resources  I  would  need  are  a  camera  and  a  tripod.  When  selecting  my  equipment  I  had  to  make  sure  the  camera  was  fully  charged  and  tripod  was  in  working  condition  and  the  actors  were  prepared  to  start  filming.  Furthermore,  I  also  needed  to  make  sure  others  did  not  occupy  the  location  I  was  using  and  was  in  a  suitable  condition.      During  filming  I  tried  to  include  many  camera  shots,  angles  and  movements  as  possible,  for  example  long  shot  and  mid  shot.  Using  a  different  range  of  camera  angles  will  make  the  quality  of  my  film  better  and  it  will  keep  the  viewers  interested  in  the  scene.  At  the  beginning  of  my  film  I  used  a  high  angle  shot  as  I  only  wanted  one  character  to  been  seen.  By  doing  this  it  creates  suspense  for  the  people  who  are  watching.  It  also  allows  people  to  see  the  characters  facial  expressions  more  clearer.      My  time  management  for  my  film  was  not  good  because  I  did  not  meet  the  deadline  for  the  preliminary  film  task  as  I  had  overrun  with  my  filming  time.  Also  the  people  who  I  had  casted  to  be  in  my  film  needed  to  be  free  and  most  of  the  time  they  weren’t  or  they  were  not  in.      What  I  liked  about  my  film  was  the  main  actor  I  used  took  on  the  role  of  the  character  really  well  and  made  the  film  look  real.  Also  the  edits  I  included  to  my  film  fitted  in  really  well  and  added  to  the  suspense  of  the  film.  As  well  as  this  the  camera  shots  and  angles  I  used  were  

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appropriate  for  the  scenes.  However,  what  I  don’t  like  about  my  film  is  when  I  was  filming  there  was  a  lot  of  noise  in  the  background  so  I  had  to  make  sure  I  edited  it  out  or  made  sure  it  was  not  louder  than  my  characters  voice  so  they  could  be  heard  clearly  by  the  viewers.  Furthermore,  another  thing  I  did  not  like  about  my  film  is  that  I  should  have  included  more  camera  shots  and  angles  to  make  the  film  more  exciting  for  the  viewers.    In  addition  to  this,  when  I  was  filming  my  film  there  was  a  lot  of  challenges  I  had  to  overcome.  For  example  when  I  wanted  to  do  a  certain  type  of  camera  angle  I  needed  the  camera  to  be  in  a  certain  position  and  sometimes  this  would  require  me  to  hold  the  camera  in  my  hand  instead  of  using  the  tripod.  This  was  an  issue  because  I  did  not  have  a  stable  hand  so  when  I  was  filming  the  camera  would  be  shaking.    Another  obstacle  that  was  a  problem  was  if  I  had  made  a  mistake  in  my  film  I  would  of  needed  my  cast  members  to  wear  the  exact  same  clothing  in  order  to  film  the  scene  again.  Also  when  filming  I  would  of  needed  to  use  the  same  location  as  before.      Overall,  I  believe  my  film  was  good  because  I  done  everything  I  wanted  to  include  and  included  the  assessment  criteria,  which  was  to  open  a  door,  sit  at  a  desk  and  have  dialogue  with  another  person.    However,  when  I  begin  to  film  my  trailer  I  will  need  to  work  on  my  time  management  so  that  I  don’t  overrun  on  the  filming  as  it  delays  me  getting  other  work  done  and  that  I  don’t  include  any  other  mistakes  that  I  had  done  in  this  film.