Q7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I have developed as a film maker as I have learnt much more about the camera and its functions. I have also learnt how to use different shot types e.g. long shot, mid shot, close-ups etc. Planning has made shooting much easier which is what I didn’t do. By doing a shot list you know which shots to get which it made filming less difficult. I know I have developed in terms of editing, as I can know edit a sequence properly. I now have a greater knowledge and understanding overall.

Our media preliminary went well but some of our shots were unsteady. Also our editing wasn’t perfect in terms of match on match action. We built on these by making sure we used a tripod and get the camera as still as possible.

       I have developed on the continuity editing as I have learned to allow the film to shift through time and give the film rhythm. Match-on-match action helped keep pace to our thriller as we edited very smoothly. In our production time is passing quite well and all fits. In our production as no-one was talking we couldn’t do shot-reverse-shot. We kept to the 180 degree rule, although it was much harder considering we have no dialogue.

      In our prelim we did no planning or shot list, but in our production we did a lot more. We approached it by making sure we did a lot of planning. We did storyboards to see how it would look it. We also did a shot list but as we had to re-film we did two as we did two storyboards. Our second storyboard was much more detailed so it was easier to follow and film.

 

Our opening was very successful in the end. There are some things I would improved like our titles as I feel we could have done some more different and more suitable titles. Also I would have like to include some high-angle shots but due to our location we couldn't have done this. In our opening I would have made the pan at the beginning more steady, and do more shots from outside the shack. Apart from that I feel our opening in terms of camerawork was very good, especially as we tried to use a range of shots.