Media- Preliminary Task and evaluation

In our preliminary task, we as a group had to create a short film that included multiple different criteria, including 'the 180 degree rule', a 'graphic match', a 'match on action', a 'eye line match' and a ' shot\reverse shot'. The film that was created included most of these, and is based around the idea of a drug deal at the school. We then had the idea for a few shots that would fit in with the criteria that could be seen in a drug deal such as the appearance from around the corner for the match on action. Despite the decent cinematography and relatively good editing (apart from the slow motion sections), the sound that was recorded was not great quality due to the lack of a Dead Cat, and any breeze would practically ruin the audio. Therefore we had to edit the only sound in, and there was no dialogue in the film. To add to this, our experiments with subtitles in the past have left negative results, and so there was no way for us to display talking between the characters. Therefore, we now know that for the next filming session, we should make sure that the sound equipment bag contains a dead cat, and to be sure that we encounter the minimum of wind interference, we should film on a less windy day, or film on times where any wind had died down, to improve both the audio and the film quality.