Preliminary sequence analysis

For our sequence there were four of us in the group, me and another started in the sequence and the other two filmed, before we started filming we spent a lesson brain storming ideas of what we could do we decided on a short clip of a man trying to change the world, the sequence has a small amount of dialog between to characters. After we had done this we then story boarded our sequence we did 12 frames, which were very detailed.

We shot the sequence in our school, this was the easiest and quickest way for us to shot the sequence as it didn’t involve spending time trying to find the right location. Shooting in the school also meant that if we needed to re-shoot a scene the environment wouldn’t of changed.
All we used to shot the sequence was two mini DV cameras and nothing else. The DV cameras were the only cameras available to us, although they have a low sound and picture quality it’s very easy to upload our sequence on to the Macs. The DV cameras also gave our sequence a good amateur feel. By not using tri-pods the sequence adopted the feel we wanted.

Our editing went very well as our continuity between cuts was excellent. Final cut pro was amazing as it meant we could edit the sequence to how we wanted it. The camera work went really well as we didn’t have to re-shoot any thing we had got all the shots we wanted and we wanted them. We didn’t face to many difficulties the only one was finding a key to the room we wanted but we found the key pretty quickly and didn’t waste too much time. Of course it would have been a lot better if we had arranged this first.

Overall the group and I are very pleased with our preliminary sequence because its turn out very well and is made to a high standard for our first major piece. To improve the seqence we could of used better quality cameras and better sound capturing equipment.
I have learn a lot of lessons from the sequence, I think for my next film i will use a tri-pod as it greatly improves the quality of the shot. I have also learned how to use final cut pro which I am still learning how to use. I have also learn that storyboards are key as they meant our sequence was easier to shot and quicker.


Here are a few screen shots of us editing our sequence,


We used final cut express


Here you can see the time line where we added non-diagetic sounds.


As you can see we have changed the out put volume of the music so the dialogue can be herd.



And finally we faded the sequence out to end the film.