Preliminary Exercise
The preliminary task was part of two elements to my media coursework. It was a continuity task testing the ability to apply three basic rules of film making:

• Match on Action
• Shot/Reverse Shot
• 180 Degree Rule

It was a group task and was needed to include and edit:

• A character opening a door, crossing a room
• Sitting down in a chair opposite another character
• The two characters exchange a couple of lines of dialogue

After filming we had to edit everything together into an order that made sense and cut any unnecessary film. This will not be graded, but marks will be deducted from the opening sequence task.
What I believe our group did well in the prelim task was that we managed to use our problem solving skills to work around the problems with the video, and used our resources well and acted effectively.

I have learnt from the prelim is that some cameras can be unreliable and problems can occur out of our control, we also learnt how to edit well, for example, transitions.

The targets for the main task and areas for improvement were to keep the continuity whilst filming, prepare a script before hand, and learn more about the camera functions.