Anton and Ruth's Preliminary task.

Preliminary task write up. 
 Our task was to film a walking scene which included a door opening and  then lead to a conversation between two people. We had to make a floor plan with all the different camera angles and we had to create some kind of a script for our dialogue. At the end of filming we had to edit all the scene and put them together to create a continues short clip.
 We worked in a group of three and each of us contribute to the task. We all had different ideas for a story board ,floor plan and a script which was proven to be quite difficult to come up with and so we kept that for the end. We all thought of different camera angles which we could potentially use and concluded in a final decision which everyone agreed upon. We rehearsed the walk and took a few shots in order to see how it would actually look on the screen. The location that we chose to have a conversation was a pagoda which made filming it sitting down a bit problematic because we either kept breaking the 180 degree rule or the pole kept getting in the way. So we decided to film it while standing up. Which solved the 180 degree issue. However that was our only problem duo to our team work which in the end resulted in success. If we had more time to plan this task it would probably have resulted without any problems and a much more improved version of this clip. Because we relied on natural light where as we could have added extra effects and include shadows to emphasize the anger and power in Ruth's movement and actions. Also due to the location we did not have the control over sounds in the clip as it was outside and the sounds of the wind and children playing.

 We tried to incorporate the following techniques such as lead and nose room so that the audience sees that she is determined to a specific location and also head room to give a sense of power. We used a variety of camera angles to show the continuity of the clip in order to make it look more smooth to the audience without making anyone confused . The 180 degree rule was a bit troublesome in the location we chose. As the pole kept getting in the camera's way, and even though when we did break the 180 degree rule we personally thought that it looked interesting and cool. However that was not part of our task and therefore we kept it plain and simple. We used a electronic door in order to show that she is the powerful out of the two characters the door open for her! Not, the other way round.
 I have learned a lot during the process of making a short clip. I learned that in order to get a good clip, you really need to put effort and time into your planning other wise you just make mistakes throughout and it is very time consuming which in our case we did not have much. I have also learned that there are actual rules to filming a conversation such as the 180 degree rule. I never realized that filming from different sides of the scene at once can create such a confusing and create a distorted sense of location and also due to the different camera angles you can create a great sense of power depending if it low or high angle. I was reassured  that tripods are actually needed and it is very hard to keep the camera still. All of these thing will help me in my future clips and probably the most important thing was planning , because i realized what chaos it creates when you are not fully prepared.