Before filming our preliminary task we had to do a sufficient amount of planning to organise our group, plan our ideas and ensure that when it came to filming it would be a short process with a maximum of 4 hours worth of filming. Our group consisted of Emma, Matt and myself. We had to meet a deadline of the 20th November 2009 for our finished preliminary task.
The brief of our preliminary included a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character. He/She then had to exchange a few lines of dialogue. We had to demonstrate use of 'match an action' (dialogue and action had to be in time with each other), shot reverse shots and use of the 180 degree rule. We had to aim for about 1 minute and 30 seconds worth of film, the maximum amount of time allowed being 2 minutes, minimum being 30 seconds.
To begin with, we planned our shots with a story board and brain stormed ideas for our preliminary film. We decided to focus on 4 specific areas to revolve our planning around; taking photos of the setting, choosing an actor/actors, choosing costumes (without branding to ensure that there was no breach of copyright, and makeup, fake blood, for example.
As a group, we decided to use lesson time to plan our shooting, write up our storyboards and go on location investigations, looking at different places that would be suitable for our filming weather wise and in setting. We had to ensure that there was a stable enough surface for the tripod to stand on and that we could frame accurate shots. We decided to use our peers as our actors/actresses; Calum Chityal as the protagonist, with another two more minor characters, played by Felix Berning and Amy Williams, (Amy playing the role of our victim) in our 2 minute task. We decided to allow the costume to be their everyday attire to make the setting more realistic, and no facial makeup was to be used with the exception of fake blood and dark eye makeup on Amy to show her vunerability as a teenage girl.
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