Evaluation of prelim task

​The first task that was to create a storyboard which portrayed the ideas of the team as well as something that was relevant to our given setting and prop.  Once the idea was established a skill we had to pick up was converting an idea into storyboard form, luckily we had a clear plan about what we were going to record it couldn't of been anymore simpler to have someone write up a board which would act as a guidance for us to film with.  
Working with new equipment left me a bit high strung at first but after the tutorial some confidence was re-established as I learned how to operate the video camera in terms of opening the lens, learning how to zoom in and out, toggle the display settings etc. New skills were also later learned after the filming when we got our editing lesson. Not using premier pro before everything was new to me however this time round because I knew we produced some good footage I knew that there would be nothing to worry about, through the tutorial I learned the keyboard shortcuts as well as how to transfer data from an SD card onto a computer, but most importantly I became familiar with a hard drive which provided us with something to personally save our work on.
To comment on our end product on a whole I would say it was a major triumph considering we had conquered a lot of first's. In the stages leading up to the filming the class was taught about the editing type called match cut which is used to create an effect of making an action appear seamless, so when it came to filming our walk in scene in particular we filmed various shot types at different angles which paid off when it came to editing because we were spoilt for choice when it came to choose footage.   We was really successful at showing someone entering a room because of this but our success continued to show as through filming from different perspectives we was also able to achieve clean shot reverse shots throughout conversations. 
Despite our accomplishments we did however has scenes which did not come out so well and if we has the opportunity we would shoot/edit these scenes over.  For example as stated previously we had taken shots from different perspectives and we jumped to the chance to experiment with all of our shots, but when it can to editing we were unable to cleanly show the transition from a POV shot from one of our actors to another whilst mid dialogue and we had an overlapping speech.  I am also disappointed to admit that we broke the 180 degree rule, which although isn't blatant to spot it was also impossible to be concealed as we see one actor in reverse and it suggests that we do not fully understand the importance of this rule. 
I think that we were particularly good at filming various shot types as we were able film from more than just one common angle, also we were pretty good when it came to editing as our transitions/shot reverse shots and match cuts were preformed smoothly.
What I've learnt about the importance of storyboarding/shot lists in terms of the production is that it is basically setting up a plan for production, including all the shots that you will need, the order that they'll be laid out, and how the visuals will interact with the dialogue. This really is useful when you are making your product, as it ensures that you won't forget any shots. It also comes in handy during editing, as it serves as a nice guide for us when editing so we can piece together the film according to our initial vision. This also saves time when both filming and editing.