Evaluation Question 7

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


When creating the Preliminary Task there were numerous elements we expected to involve. These were 180 degree rule, match on action and a shot reverse shot. We were then to write a script and create a story board. The task consisted of a minimum of two characters in which one of the two had to enter a room and then the pair would have a conversation. Planning for this task made me realise how important planning is. When looking back on the Preliminary task we found that not enough planning had been done and not enough detail was included. When going back to film we weren't too sure what we actually wanted to do but found at the time of planning we knew what we meant. We had to then do more research and planning to assure that the task was correct. Knowing this we made sure that when planning for our final piece everything was done in as much detail as possible. We also made sure everything was prepared days before shooting so we could come across as little problems as possible.

When filming our Preliminary task we weren't completely sure in what to include in an opening. We thought the filming would be a lot easier than it actually was, therefore we didn't do a practice shoot. However realised after that we should have to get ideas and prefect our final shots. Using the experience from the preliminary task we decided to do practice shots when filming our final film opening. We tried to us locations that we knew would be quite and empty so there was no distractions.

Once we had filming we came to the editing stages of our task. We found that we knew very little about the software and how to use the different effects. Looking at our finished preliminary task we discovered that it didn't flow very well and looked unprofessional. Taking into account all we knew about the previous time we had edited before editing our final piece together we took the practice shots and each attempted to edit them, getting to know the software. This made it a whole lot easier to then edit our actual shots because we were all familiar with the premier pro software.

Overall filming the task helped us out a lot as we were able to make the mistakes needed to make before we took action on our final piece. We all felt confident in what we were doing and what we needed to include. In the progression from the preliminary task to our final task we have all learnt numerous things that contribute to our opening. It showed us how prepared you need to be when planning to avoid time consuming mistakes being made. Also it helped us to further understand how a film opening should look and how to edit everything together. Of course we still made mistakes during our final piece, however they were easily overcame and in our control. Although our final piece wasn't perfected from doing the preliminary task it allowed us to understand the task better and definitely made a difference to our final grade.