Evaluation - Question 7

Looking Back At Your Preliminary Task, What Do You Feel You Have Learnt In The Progression From It To The Full Product?

Looking back at the skills during preliminary task, I feel that by doing this task it was benificial as i was familiar with the equipment used and i was able to practice the skills I have learnt, because before this project I had no skills in making a thriller opening. At the start of making the preliminary we firstly had a few troubles on making up our mind, as the storyline we created was not working out, as we all had different ideas.

During the pre-production for our thriller opening we had a storyboard with our initial idea with comments below suggesting what camera shot will be using or if any props were required and the location too. By making a storyboard before filming our opening, the storygboard was able to guide us through each scene and this way we were able to make any changes if needed on the storyboard or during the editing process of our film. Also planning the location earlier allowed us to make sure we were available on the days we needed to film.

During the production of our film we decided to change a few of the scenes that we had on our storyboard, as some of the shots were too long or was not relevant to the film. As a group we were all able to use the camera, so we all had a chance to use our camera skills when filming footage.

The post-production for our thriller we have used final cut pro, live type and soundtrack pro throughout our editing process of our thriller film. While using final cut pro, we've successfully used interxuality into our film which was very effective during the victim being killed. However, during the filming of the 180 degree rule we had made many mistakes as we all were quite confused. Using soundtrack pro was harder than it seemed as we found that the sound we needed wasn't available so we had to make our own sound through scratch.

Overall I think throughout both productions I have learnt many skills which i can use during the next coursework in A2. The preliminary task was quite basic compared to our actual production of the thriller opening as we were introduced to the editing process more briefly. Moreover, even if we use simple camera shots we can always develop them through the editing process.