Preliminary Task

Last Wednesday our group planned and story boarded the short 1 minute film for our preliminary task. Our brief was to make a film which consisted of "Match on action" and a "shot reverse shot". We story boarded all 8 shots with Regan, Joe and Daniel playing the characters whilst I worked the camera.
The storyboard featured Regan walk towards a door, with match on action of his hand grabbing the handle, then on the other side of the door walking through. The camera was then moved back further so as we could pan around to Daniel sitting down and Joe escorting Regan as we had storyboarded. We then implemented our shot-reverse-shot with Regan and Daniel who have a short conversation. Within the dialogue Daniels character becomes enraged which, in post-production, we added a copyright-free sound effect of a thunderclap to emphasise this rage.
What would have been better in production was some more composure in the actors, because, with the humorous situation we had thought of, it was hard to keep a straight face. Moreover, with extra time I would have taken the panning shot across the class room again, as the movement of the tripod was jumpy causing the shot to not seem as fluid, but overall I think it was a good shoot.
Post-production was what worried me with the laughing that occurred during shooting, but became more successful when we were able to edit it out. Furthermore the match on action impressed me with the fluidity in editing.
Overall I believe the film was successful in execution of our storyboard and with the editing in post-production.