Preliminary Sequence

Feed the Fish

Feed the fish was a small editing task, which was intended to show our initial filming and editing abilities. We tired to make our sequence humorous.

The feed back from our class on our preliminary sequence was mainly positive however there were a few criticisms:

• Some of the dialogue shots were too short
• The inside zoom didn't work well

Good points:

• Good continuity editing 
• Smooth cuts
• Close up shot of catching chair worked very well - interesting
• Got correct eye line shots (angles)
• Amusing finish, as intended

The overall thought was that our preliminary sequence went really well. Most of the shots we used worked (the zoom to the balcony helped to imply deep thought, the close up of the chair was very effective), however some did not (the inside zoom - felt too much like a 1980s cop drama and did not fit with the feel of the sequence). The sequence flowed well (good continuity editing) and all of the match on action shots fit properly.

We did have a few problems whilst filming and editing. During filming it became dark really quickly which then posed a continuity problem in that in the beginning of the sequence it was light and as the character ran down the stairs and went outside it was suddenly dark, this meant we were unable to film outside as it wouldn't have worked. During editing we lost some of our footage of the dialogue scenes which then meant that we had to use other shorter shots to fill in the gaps of the dialogue, which lead to the dialogue part being way too rushed, to improve on this next time we would definitely go back and re-film the shots.

I think our choice of shots and experimentation was good - we tried many different angles and interesting shots to try and give effect and create interest e.g low angle on feet, zoom to balcony, cant. I think the cant didn't work that effectively and if using this type of shot during the main coursework we should try to use it better and make it flow more as it seems to not really fit in and be slightly random. But generally I think that our shots were quite good, but in the actual coursework I would like to make the cuts less linear and introduce things like inter-cutting.