Preliminary task

When doing our video we did a couple of things wrong. The main thing we did wrong was when filming we moved the camera a lot from place to place, doing this meant that the camera angle was never in the same place so that made it difficult to edit and didn't look like a conversation was taken place. However we made it work and now it looks good.
Next time we film we will mark on the floor where the camera is so that when we need to use the same camera angle we will not the exact position it was in to start with or we will film all the shots that require that camera angle there and then, this will not only save us time but will allow all the angles to be the same.
The next thing that went wrong was the positions of the people. When filming Jay sitting down he put his arms by his side but when we did the next shot he put his hands on his lap. We didn't realise this until we edited the video. This makes the cut look really bad and makes it look like it’s not real as it doesn’t look a conversation is taking place. We will improve this Next time we film by making sure we know what the actors are doing and their positions so that the conversation looks like it’s one free flow. We will also make sure the actors stay perfectly still and that we can move the camera quicker to the next position so that the actors are in the same position as they finished the previous scene.
We are very happy and pleased with our continuity editing. The walking through the door part works very well and flows freely. We made it look good by filming the entire walk through of the door from both sides so that we could edit the middle part out. This technique worked really well. We are pleased with most of the other shots as well that made our video finished.

Health And Safety

Risk assessment of film location.

One of the first issues we encountered was the large amount of chairs in the room. This is a hazard because of the possibility of falling or tripping over such objects. We fixed this by removing the chairs from the film location and only keeping the two chairs which we needed for filming on set. Another we had to think about was a slippery floor outside in the hallway where our establishing shot is filmed. The danger here is the possibility of slipping and injuring yourself. We can maintain this risk by keeping the floor clean and walking across it at an appropriate pace. Yet another danger was the uncovered electrical cables by the entrance to the room - next to the door hinge. This risk would be if we came into contact with the cables, which could cause an electric shock. We didn't have the facilities to be able to cover the cables, but we made sure when filming that we were aware of the cables.

After highlighting the different hazards and risks in the film location, we were able to begin camera work.

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