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

PRELIMINARY TASK VIDEO (FINAL) 

 

- During the preliminary task, i learnt a variety of techniques, terminology and elements of film. But only a small pool of knowledge compared to present, since i have created my final product i have learnt lot more! My teacher shown us and taught us the '180 line rule' which is a camera positioning technique used for conversation. Imagine two people conversing on a red line, the rule is basically where the camera must stay on only one side of the line and not cross at any point in the scene, because this confuses the audience in terms of who's talking and is difficult to follow. This can be challenged and used in some creative ways to break this rule but its very rare. I also learnt how to vary shots in terms of long shot, medium shot, close ups, etc, to emphasise particular objects or activities. I used this in my preliminary film, where i used a long shot of a man standing against a wall, on his phone. I then cut to a close up of the phone in his hand and then cut back to a long shot to show the activity. I learnt all of the basic camera distance terminology, such as; close up, medium close up, birds eye view. I also learnt what they're typically used for, for example; a bird eye view could be used to show the isolation of a character or a crowd of people. The preliminary task process itself went well, i worked in a group of three, Jamie, Joe and I. We got on really well and all had a similar depth of knowledge in the subject. I perhaps knew a lot more at editing as i already had edited several products before, so we switched the roles round so we all learnt something knew, Joe edited as he never has used an editing programme before, i filmed the footage and Jamie directed and sorted props etc out. We were all happy with our roles and learnt together and was a good few days. However, the final product wasn't the best, the editing was error'd several times and a few filming problems however we were grateful of these flaws as they were great mistakes to make so we can not repeat the mistakes in our proper product. We learnt a lot from this and i have learnt so much since the preliminary task. The editing could of been a lot better and the filming could've been better also, such as the reflections in widows showing us filming etc. In comparison to my main task this differs significantly. The editing is a lot smoother in my final media product, there is also a use of visual effects in my horror product. I used greens screens in my final product, which i didn't know how to do during the making of my preliminary task. Overall, my main task is a lot more successful in terms of planning, editing, camera, mis en scene, location and the way its composed, this is because I had more time and worked independently and not in a group.