Analysis of the Preliminary Task

After filming my preliminary task my partner (Harvey) and I finalised the piece through Adobe Flash Player. Adobe Flash Player is freeware software for using content created on the Adobe Flash platform, including viewing multimedia, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming video and audio. The sequence that we made was about 30 seconds and spent about an hour doing this. We started off with the names on a piece of paper (Harvey Write, Millie Pike and I) we then moved into a shot from behind Harvey as he walked into the room whilst, aggressively, pushing open the door.as he walked in there was then a wide show of Harvey and Millie talking. We then moved the camera into an over the shoulder shot, facing Millie, showing her talking. We left the camera in the same shot as Harvey starts to speak as we didn't want the audience to feel as if they were in an ambiguous situation. As Millie started to reply to Harvey we showed a close up of Millie’s face as she try's to defend herself against Harvey. I chose to put in a shot which just showed both of them on either side of the screen, to show the slitting of each character, with just half of their body showing. Belly-button up. We then moved into an over the shoulder shot showing Harvey telling Millie that he “can’t wait for” her. Then there was a shot, which Millie chose, of his feet moving away from the conversation to the door, to leave. There was then an extreme close up of Harvey’s face, building tension, and him saying that he “won’t wait for” her. We then bought back the shot of being outside and used it as Harvey leaves the room and as the door closed. We moved back inside to show Millie’s reaction after he left. This was a close up of Millie’s face which shows her biting her nails and this represents her feeling anxious of what Harvey just said to her. This shot was also trying to show that she is thinking about what to do next.

This process it was quite challenging as Harvey and I had to do a lot of cutting and changing that camera angles to represent who to listen to at each sentence of the preliminary task. Millie wasn't apart of our group as we split up to create another preliminary task which is quite different but the same footage was used for both of our creations.