46 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?

Issues with our preliminary task:

• Continuity issues- zooming out into a mid shot(0:14- 0:16)
• sound cut offs- TV background music disappears for a few seconds(0:11-0:15)
• No titles involved throughout the task.
• Poor camera work- Some shaking shots near to the end of the task.
• No props involved

'Persistence', Examples of improvement

• Titles now included, with Idents added. (0:00- 2:17)
• No more sound cuts, everything runs smoothly.
• Editing now included(1:08- 1:11) (1:17-1:19) (1:21-1:23) etc..
• No shaking shots unless for effect(1:41-1:44)
• Props involved. Phone-(0:50-0:57). Rope-(1:22-1:27)

Skills we have improved on:

• In our preliminary task it was our first time understanding shot types and camera work, throughout doing the main task we have developed more skills to do with camera shots and we now have more of an understanding of how to stick to using the shots we had originally said we would use.
• I have also improved skills with the amount of documents I have had to use such as creating storyboards, scripts. From us creating these documents it meant we could be more organised when it came to filming. Before we went out to shoot our film, we already had the ideas we had put down on paper therefore making it easier to stick to what we have said due to making our storyboard first.
• Throughout our preliminary task there was not much use of camera shots hence this is why I feel this lead to a poorer film, whereas in our main task there are a wider variety of shots such as close ups. pan shots, shot reverse shots, low and high angle shots.