Evaluation Of Preliminary Exercise - Akram

The purpose of the preliminary exercise was to demonstrate that we can work well as a group and identify each others strengths and weaknesses. Using effective camera shots i.e. match on action, shot reverse shot etc. was also part of the purpose in the preliminary exercise which also consisted of following the story board. After the exercise was filmed we had to carry out the editing, the purpose of editing demonstrated our understanding and knowledge of amending the video to make the final version high quality, it tested us on how to insert transitions and how to split-cut certain parts of the movie to make it more creative.

We used props, dialogue and effects to make our film more creative, the use of glasses for the interviewer to give him a more mature look, the letter for the migrant and a picture of Tower Bridge was used as props to give the film a ultramodern look. The exploit of using fade effects and cuts gave a continuity look to the film which made it look more inventive for the audience. Finally we used a mixture of Bengali and English dialogues to make the film sound interesting which was imaginative and made the final version look very creative.

We used iMovie to edit and complete the preliminary exercise, i wasn't too familiar with the 'iMovie' software as i didn't edit any films before but during the editing period I learnt split and cut edit plus I found that I can use different types of transitions to fix a scene in the exercise, all this helped me boost my confidence in editing films and i am now more positive about editing films.

My significant contribution was acting as the main character as well as helping out planning the preliminary exercise and editing the finished version. I also recommended different ideas for the film whilst the camera man was filming.

The targets I would set my group would be to spend more time looking at venues and also leave plenty of time for the actual filming so if we film everything and theirs certain bits that are not sufficientwe can go back and film it again to make the final version faultless.