Preliminary Task

I have chosen to do moving image for my coursework piece. To begin the process we were asked, in groups, to carry out a preliminary task. The brief said;
Continuity task involving filming and editing a character:
-Opening a door
-Crossing a room
-Sitting down in a chair opposite another character
-They exchange a couple of lines of dialogue.
The task should include:
-Match on action
-Shot/reverse shot
-180-degree rule
This task was hugely beneficial, it allowed me to practice using the appropriate software, and gave me a wide range of ideas for things I will do differently in my final coursework film to improve the quality and overall appearance of the film for its audiences (for example using a better quality camera, and making sure lightening is carefully maniplulated). It evidenced to me how important the pre production process is, each shot needs to be carefully mapped out and every aspect of the scene molded to exactly what is needed, or it looks very unprofessional and rushed. 
During the making of this clip we ran into a few problems such as losing our clips. The inital takes we had for this scene weren't able to be uploaded so we had to refilm. This taught us important lessons in terms of picking locations which are closer to us and easily accepable in case any refilming needs to take place.When it came to editing I found that a lot of the clips were too short to add any transitions, so next time I need to make sure the beginning and end of the clip has enough time for me to put transitions.
It also helped me feel a lot more confident in terms of the technical aspect to the task. I had to get this video from the Mac to a normal computer, I then had to upload it to a YouTube account and follow by embedding the clip into a blog post. This challanged me and helped me a lot, and when it comes to doing this for my real coursework piece, I will be able to approach it independantly and confidently.

It also opened my eyes, along with the work I did on swedes, to how passionate I need to be about this unit. It is a lot of work and is very time consuming so I need to be completely engaged and focused-which I am.