Media Prelim

On the 1st of November we decided to use the very first media video project that we made at the start of last month for our prelim because there was not much time to waste on a prelim that would eventually not even be marked while the main project has a lot more weightage so we hope to score well with it. The first video project was a simple task. Our story was about a bully in a school who has been called into the principal's office. The video was made keeping in mind the main task that the OCR demanded i.e. showing a person walk up to a door, open it, go inside and have a conversation with another person. Therefore, the story of the bully and the principal was fine for our first video. In the shooting we made big mistakes with the Mise-en-scene which made the video unrealistic and interfered with suspension of disbelief especially as the actor playing the role of principal was not of the appropriate age, the film failed to be realistic or believable. There were also mistakes with the camera angles as all the shots were shot from the same side of the imaginary 180 degree line- this was because we were working in the media lab which is a very small room and so we couldn’t place the camera as it should’ve been placed- but we realized that we should’ve shot in some other room where there was more space.  Also the camera angles are something that we will need to improve in the future. The last mistake that we made was with sound. We will be using a mic in the next video that we make as the prelim lacked a good sound quality. The mic will enhance the sound quality and will help us produce a better quality film. I will be discussing the script of the next video project, which will be the final project. I hope that the final will not miss the important points that we missed out in the first project.