Preliminary task video and conclusion.

Around mid October we finished filming our preliminary task, after 3 weeks of planning and preparing. Using the photos and plans describe in the preliminary task overview blog I wrote in late October (You can find the blog in this link), the raw video lasted over 2 minutes, but was full of shots that weren't quite correct, or were ruined by laughing. After editing these shots out of the clip, and editing various other things, we finally completed the video, with the video lasting just over 30 seconds. Below is our video:

From the preparations shown in the previous blog, you can see the similarities between the preparation, and the finished product. These are the shots.
During the filming, I constantly referred to these photographs so that I could ensure the shots were correctly angled, and that nothing was left out of the film that we prepared for beforehand.
The first seven seconds worked to the plan in my opinion, they took 5 minutes to shoot, and the first shot took at least 4 takes before we got it correct. The second shot was well clipped to the first shot so it remained fluent and consistent. The next shot required us to cut ahead fluently to later on in the clip, so we used this as he sat down, unfortunately I believe it was too sudden, and feels more like a jump rather than a cut. However, we edited this, and the final in the video above was as close as we could get to it being fluent.
The dialogue made use of the 180 degree rule and also the shot reverse shot. The dialogue was intended to be an interrogation, with a criminal (portrayed by Jonathan), irritated by the belief that he is innocent, and later describes that he was only protecting his child, we do not fully explain what happened, this is because we thought it would add suspense and a little bit of mystery. The interrogator (portrayed by Josh) describes that there were many reasons why the criminal was being held, but again, we do not explain why, for the same effect as before. We fade to black as the criminal finishes explaining how he only protected his child, as required by the task.
Credits, in order of appearance:
Interrogator - Josh Spoelstra
Criminal - Jonathan Fromant
Lawyer - Craig Robson
Policeman - Edward Tyrell
Director - Michael Walters.
In conclusion I believe that this video worked well according to the plans, even though not everything worked as fluently as we had hoped, all in all, I'm rather happy about the final product, we used all of the shots required and kept a consistency and suspense, and as this was the main idea behind the filming and the task, I believe that, even though it's not bafta award winning material, that we did a good job on this and I'm satisfied with the finished product.
Thanks for reading my blog.
Michael.