http://eleishaasmedia.blogspot.com/2012/01/preliminary-task-script.html

This is a link to our preliminary task that we worked on in practice before producing our main task. This helped us become familiar with the equipment, software used to edit and the amount of time needed to film and edit a movie. Our preliminary task is about a girl going to see a counsellor, this story also links in with the storyline we plan to use for our main task. I think the first few shots of the mid-shot of my legs and the close up of the hand knocking on the door is effective as it creates and makes the audience aprehensive as we do not know yet who this person is; it creates ambiguity. Also the two shot of the counsellor and I sitting across the table from eachother is effective also as it establishes the character's relationship. I think these aspects of the preliminary task were successful however I think there is still a lot we could have improved. I think the close up of my face after i knock on the counsellors door could have been effective as it displays the nervous emotion on my face, however the camers is slightly shakey and therefor doesn't look proffessional. We have learnt from this and when we come to film our main task we will always use a tri-pod when filming still shots. There is also a continuity error when the councellor opens the door and i enter the room., In the next shot the counsellor is sitting in his seat; we did not leave enough time for him to sit down. This makes the film look inrealistic and glitchy. We found the editing software, imovie fairly easy to use, however we did experience trouble in uploading it to a mac computer. Now we are more familiar with the technology we will take this on board for our main task and ensure we have a backup of the film on a memory card so it is easier to upload.