2. When I did my preliminary task, I learnt the 180 degree rule. This rule
became more necessary when filming; this is because by following the
rule, the audience will understand where each person is and how all the
surroundings are relative to their positioning of one another. In order to
maintain the upmost continuity of shots, I would film a sequence of
shots, each ending with the beginning of the next shot where possible.
I did this so that when it came to post production editing, it would be
easier to cut from one shot and piece it on to the following shot without
continuity errors such as jump cuts or discontinuous angles of
movement. However, we did end up making one small continuity error,
where the camera jumped to and from a shot of Emily (our female) and
each time she had a different facial expression.
However, this is not particularly noticeable. We also had to white
balance our camera to adjust to the surroundings of the house, as well
as making sure to leave 5 seconds before and after each shot when
filming so that in post-production I wouldn’t cut in to the good useable
film. This was definitely something I took away from the preliminary task,
as I filmed the preliminary task and sometimes forgot to leave 5 seconds
before and after, which in result, left us with less useable footage, and I
made sure I would never make that mistake again.

3. For a long time we were completely changing our storyboard and
scrapping original ideas, until I decided to take the initiative and say
that we had to finalise by making quick decisions. Eventually our
storyboard was made by incorporating the majority of our ideas. The
storyboard was detailed and explained each section of our thriller. Each
shot was drawn and then described in words. We wrote the duration of
each shot, the props that would be used, and the type and distance of
each shot.
During the production of our thriller, we mostly stuck to our plan;
however, we also included some ideas that originally we hadn’t thought
of, such as a flashback of the poison being poured into the wine. I am
glad we had a good idea of what we were shooting as knowing what
we wanted to do and planning the day around it made all of
production far less time-consuming.