Evaluation Question 7

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


I think the whole group learnt a lot about filming and cinematography techniques from the preliminary task. Looking back on the task is when we first started using the cameras. Back then we only new the basic shot types and some of our camera work was shaky. Also we only edited in iMovie where we only used basic editing. However we learnt a lot about a realistic style of edit to make the footage believable. Another important point to make is the lack of planning and research that went into the prelim in comparison to our final cut.

Storyboard

We spent a lot of time researching and planning for the final cut of the film opening. This included lots of rough cuts and practice footage tests. We took a lot of time researching videos to make sure we has a good idea of the genre conventions which we could then apply into our own film.


Since then we have greatly improved our editing skills. After the preliminary task the decision was made that we would move to final cut to do our rough cut edits and the final cut. Since then we've learnt many effects and transitions to use in our media product. We used effects like TV simulator to get a CCTV effect, Gaussian blur and also overlay effects to get across our preferred reading in many cases. We also used different transitions to get the message across that time has passed.

Outside Framing

Also our camera work has improved greatly in the time we have spent doing rough cuts and developing our skills. Andy is the main camera man and him and Sean often direct the scene as it plays out. We have tried to include a variety of shots in our final piece and also get interesting framing where possible for example in the outside scenes and also in some of the basement scenes. 

CCTV Effect

We learnt about shot vs shot and the 180 degree rule in our prelim task which have been useful concepts to consider whilst we filmed.  We have also tried to keep good mis-en-scene and also make sure the camera stay focused and steady throughout filming. Overall our skills have developed greatly since the prelim task as it definetely helped us get to grips with filming and editing.