Evaluation Task 7

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

Comparing the preliminary task to the finished film opening I feel there are lots of things I have progressed on.

We were given a short amount of time to do our preliminary task, we did not plan or research beforehand hence we hand no script or storyboard mainly improvisation. At the time of the preliminary we also had little knowledge on shot types and rules. However, this showed us the importance of thoroughly researching and planning a script, shot list and story board beforehand. In turn this helped us save lots of time as all of us knew clearly what we were setting out to achieve, and helped with time management. The finished film incorporated a variety of shot types and editing features as when planning for the film, we also learnt about effective shot types.

When doing the film opening we also learnt how ‘mise en scene’ can be used to give away a lot or just a little about a character, as the audience pick up on this. When planning and researching films we paid attention to this and carefully selected our costumes too, so our audience would also understand our characters.

We also incorporated sound in our finished product and not in the preliminary. Throughout the course we learnt that sound in the background of a clip can have a real impact on how the audience is feeling, for example, it can be used so that audience sympathise with characters or in other cases to build tension.

Furthermore, I also learnt how to use the editing machines and software properly. When doing the preliminary I was fairly new to the software and so I didn't know how to use it properly. By being able to edit the finished film opening, I learnt a lot more about the editing software, like how to cut and put together different pieces of footage.