Preliminary task

evaluation

By Marika Godwin-Ndaya
 Question 1
1) Who did you work with and how did you manage the tasks
between you?

Explain how you organised your time and schedules.

What issues came up with time management? What

problems did you come up against?

How did you deal with these?

What were your strengths and weaknesses in this area?

What would you do differently next time?

 Worked with Daniel

 Time and schedule

 Location issues

 Change of shot issues

 Creative skills- coming up with ideas

 Change of location

 Communication weakness

 Good storyboard

 Book locations in my next task

 Be more organised
 Question 2

2) How did you plan your sequence?

What process did you use?
Used a storyboard

Used a script

 continuity

Shooting schedule
 Question 3

3) What technology did you use to

complete the task, and how did you
use it?

What did you learn about using the

cameras?
 Canon XH-A1

 The XH-A1 has a lot of useful features, including the

ability to create zoom and focus presets, which you can
snap back to at any time. You can customise the zoom
speed from variable to constant when using the zoom
rocker buttons instead of the ring (located on top of the
camera or to the right, above the grip).

 Canon xh-a1 is easy to use and has quality DV

 learned how to digitize shots on camera onto
computers
 Using the tripod

 Making sure tripod is on right spirit level( camera

is all at one level with eye) i.e. red dot in the
middle of small black circle.
 Question 4

4) What factors did you have to take

into account when planning, shooting
and editing?
 organization

 Improvising

 New ideas

 Do all shots work relating to our storyboard and script

 Digitizing right shots

 Assembling shots

 What shots don’t and do look right after all shots assembled
 Question 5

5) How successful was your sequence?

Please identify what worked well, and
with hindsight, what would you
improve/do differently?
 shots worked effectively in our sequence

 Continuity of all shots kept well even tough change of

location
 Script worked well

 Fade in and out worked well

 FE of shot 14a did not work effectively in sequence

 Question 6

6) What have you learnt from

completing the task? Discuss time
management skills, group work skills,
oraganisational skills and technical
skills of production.
 how to effectively use organization skills
with storyboards and shooting schedules

Improve on communication skills

My group skills have improved

Imaginative side of me has improved

 Question 7

7) Post production - What did you learn

about the editing process? How did you
make decisions while editing? How did you
plan your time to complete the editing
task? What were your strengths and
weaknesses in this area? What would you
do differently next time?
 new programme like the adobe premium pro

 How to digitize shots

 Adding effects

 Trimming/razoring shots

 How to use source box and project window for

shots