This is the final outcome of our preliminary task, with the main focus being on continuity editing. Although Mise-en-scene, Cinematography and Sound were also carefully thoughtout.
Mise-en-scene
We chose a location that we hoped wouln't be too noticeable as in school (an art classroom), having previously thought about the setting we were able to discuss how we were going to munipulate the area available to work in to our advantage As the room had plenty of space it ment that we were able to move the vast majority of desks out of the way as well as any clay bins etc that would have been evident in the shots.
There were however still small inconviniences that presented themselves in the establishing shots, such as the sink and art work that we weren't able to move. We tried to hide the sink by placing one of the actresses in front of it, this was partially successful, although not completely. There was nothing more that we could do though, if we changed the angle so that the sink was not in the frame, something else would have been. This is the same case with the clay models behind the other actress, which in away draw the attention away from her a little (shots 10-13). We made the best of what we had.
Thankfully there was no class in the room next door so there was no background noise that would hinder our progress. We weren't really interruped -except for Mr Reece briefly-so we could get on with the task in hand, which was helpful as we had limited time.
Since the narrative was set in the day rather than the evening, it was important that we achived the right lighting. This was not a problem though as we were filming in the middle of the day and so day light was plentifull. This was further aided by there being lots of large windows with light pouring in. This then ensured that the actresses had light falling on them, and therefore were the focus of the shot. If it had dim lighting it would have caused a problem as the audience would not be as drawn to look at them and their actions and emotions wouldn't have been as evident.. We would have then needed to create our own lighting, which wouldn't have looked as natural. Luckily though none of this was needed!
Cinematography
We used a variety of shot types and angles to help portray the narative to the audience.
Long shots were primarily used to establish the setting and give a clear view of where and what the characters are doing (their relationship with each other).
Close ups where then used to help portray and emphasise their emotions as well as the present; especially in our shot reverse shots where we wanted the narrative to be evident.
Eyeline matches were further shown by close ups to make it evident where and what she is looking at, something which would not have been aided by a long shot for example, as it wouldn't then be the focus of the shot, defeating the object of the eyeline technique.
Sound
I feel the score for our preliminary task works really well for the purpose. It was probably what we spent the longest on the editing stage doing, as it is the most technical to get correct as it needs so much tampering with to get it right. We have focused on using non-diegetic sound (what the actresses can't hear but the audience can) however we could perhaps think about using a mix of diegetic and non-diegetic to make it more interesting and complex.
Overall I'm really happy with the end result as I think it clearly covers all that we where asked to do. The journey to this point has been very enjoyable and I have been reminded of all of the processes involved, of which I felt vague on in the begining.
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