Preliminary Task Video: The Disappearance of Tabitha

This video is the final version of our preliminary task, this en-tales all the footage that me and my group were involved in filming, acting in and editing in. I edited most of the clips with suggestions and advice from my group. We thought it would be a disadvantage to the final product to put any effects onto the clips as this would give an unrealistic feel to the gritty realism, the theme we were going for would be destroyed. I have heightened bits of speech that were quiet so that the viewers can hear everything the actors say. As a group we spent a lot of time analysing and choosing between the different angles and shots we had. I believe that we have kept to the theme we began our task with; if you look at the story board and original script there are a few differentiations and adaptions however we believe that the final piece looks fantastic. We know that it can obviously be improved if we had a longer time period to finalise and spend time on the smaller details by adding in effects and more transitions. We have managed to embed sound into the background, this adds to the intensity of the scene. We have used some sound effects but only a few because we didn't want to overcrowd the tense and serious scene with uncharacteristic sounds. There was a last minute change at the end, before the upload, which we thought would leave the viewers guessing, you will just have to wait and see...

(Note: the resolution isn't that brilliant, your best viewing will be on small screen)

What Went Well?

• The pre planning: Storyboard, camera angles and directions and the action and dialogue.
• The direction and decision making when filming the video was brilliant as we gained all the clips we needed to make a successful film, using numerous camera angles.
• The editing on Final Cut Pro was successful as the clips run quite smoothly.
• The Script and dialogue was successful as there were no barriers or confusion for the viewers.
• The plot was effective as it wasn't difficult to follow and therefore gave ease of viewing the public.

What Failed

• The lighting in the room we filmed in caused a few problems with reflections on the camera and in some place there were clips where it was to light or too dim.
• The resolution of the final clip.

What Could Be Improved

• The resolution of the final product could be clearer which in time will be fixed and therefore in the final task this will be a key point to improve on.
• The lighting could have been controlled, which in the final task will also be a concern and therefore more care and consideration will be taken.
• The speech of myself could be improved luckily I was able to heighten the speech in the editing process, next time I will make sure to pronounce my words louder.
• The credits could be improved as Ben and Luke's Credits don't have enough screen time ( due to the lack of knowledge on Final Cut Pro) we were unsure how to prolong this.