Preliminary Task

Me and the others in my group were given a preliminary task in our last media studies lesson. This task was given to us to test our skills that we have learnt throughout recent lessons in school. Our brief was to shoot a short clip that lasted at least one minute where we had to incorperate "Match on action" and "Shot reverse shot", we were also asked to be aware of "The 180 degree rule".
Before we even attempted to start shooting we had to create a storyboard which was used as a plan for the clip. The four of us in my group put forward ideas for the storyboard and used various thoughts from each other to finalise our plan. We started by drawing the pictures to give us an idication of where we would stand etc. We then numbered each picture as what number each shot would be as well as how long each shot would last. Overall there was seven shots and from here we had an indication of a rough time limit to shoot each shot.
After our planning was finished, we moved onto the production of the clip where we had 50 minutes to shoot all the footage needed. Although we had a plan for the clip and everybody had an understanding of what was happening, we still came across difficulties. For example,  a major struggle that we had come across was that we had to be very precise with every shot we took to make the scene flow and seem more realistic. This was extremely important for the match on action. Also, it was very difficult to keep in character when filming.
After the filming of the various shots we had to return to our class where we chose the best shots taken and edited them together in the order of the storyboard. The editing had to be very specific so that various shots such as the "Match on action" shots, would flow nicely and look professional.