Start of Preliminary Task

In my group for this task, other than myself, there is
Aimee Baker - Strengths in directing and has experience in using photoshop. One of her weaknesses is that she can get annoyed with things very easily and likes to be in charge alot of the time. A way to overcome this is to just make sure that everyone else gets their ideas across aswell.

Nicole Collas - Strengths in camera work and is quite organsied which will help us keep on task alot easier. She is also a perfectionest which is both a strength and a weakness because it means that the work will be high quality but it also means that she would spend hours just trying to perfect one bit when there is alot of other stuff to do. To make this less of a problem we can assure her that the work is fine already and to just move on onto the next part of work.

Fred Bools - Multitasker and good researcher, he also has experience in doing lighting, sound and operating a camera. One of his weaknesses is that he has a short attention span but we can overcome this by keeping him involved all the time and always asking for his opinion on things.

My strengths are mainly in creativity, but i also have experience in using the editing and other technical programmes as i do BTEC Music Technology. One of my weaknesses is that i don't always speak up about my ideas and i'm not very good at directing, we can overcome this by the rest of the group frequently asking me for my ideas.

Today we also shared our individual ideas we had for the preliminary task with each other just so we had a bank of ideas we could use. One of Aimee and Nicoles ideas was about a couple who are sat down in a restaurant, and the man suddenly proposes to the women. But she knows that he has previously cheated so she rejects his offer and then a big arguement takes place. This could work becuase it involves 2 people sat down exchanging dialogue so a good use of the 180 degree rule can be used, and there would be alot of good reaction shots that would fit in aswell.
One of my ideas was based around the old mobster gangs, and they would be in a dimmly lit room. One would walk in and they would both be staring very seriously at the other, and it would develop into a typical ' have you got it? ' situation where one mobster owes the other something and it ends with someone being punched. This could also easily use the 180 degree rule and it also fits the task description.