Prelim task video.

Here is our Preliminary video. It may not be the final one depending on if we decide music is needed in places..



Our main aim for this task was to give the basic outline of the task, a story to go with it. We wanted to keep mystery in the beginning and we managed to keep the 'man in the suit' anonymous for 35 seconds,it is only then when we can clearly see the identity.

Notes to make:
The editing of the stairs slightly makes the staircase looks longer than it is, maybe too long for the whole film, although it does use a good lot of extremely good camera shots (and there were many more variations but wouldn't of worked)and very precise editing, making the shots work well together.

Walking through the door, uses one of our favorite shots, the walking in of the door, following then an OTS of the boy sitting at the 'table' which to us seemed a professional piece of camera skills.

Walking in room: We were getting the idea when filming that we were using alot of quick medium shots and decided we needed a wide shot, to set the scene, to give the audience an idea of where this action was taking place.

shot reverse shot: this was one of the main outlines was to have a conversation, we only did 3 shots for this, I personally thought we could of done more, although the shots what went with it, which were clearly part of the same sequence, may of made up for this. In this shot we wanted to keep the brief case in shot, we also decided to keep the hands in shot to show 'nerves'

Opening the brief case - when editing we noticed that when opening the brief case, the lighting had significantly darkened since the last shot, we didnt notice this at the time of filming. This was due to the battery running out of battery before the last few shots and by the time we had finished the lighting from the window had reduced, this will need to be remembered for next time. We cleverly managed to use the brief case opening as a way to end the film and to add titles. It still kept mystery to the audience as the contents of the case isn't revealed, keeping the enigma going.

Boy in suit (me) You may of been thinking, " oh dear he didn't tuck himself in properly" but we had decided that we didnt want me to look like a formal smart businessman, but something isn't right and that 'illegal' activity like 'business in the back alleys'

A very successful few days of media.