Evaluation Question 7 (Myles Bradley)

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




When we did our preliminary task we got a good idea of where our strengths were in filming, editing, sound and acting. We were able to use this task as an opportunity to familiarise our self with the equipment for example setting up the tripod and using the camera, we tried different camera shots and editing techniques such as slow motion and fades in final cut, as a group we were able to get used to using final cut, importing, rendering and adding effects to our clips. Before doing this task we planned it through carefully as a group thinking about what we were going to film and when, we discussed amongst our group making sure we knew when we were all free to film and we would arrange a time and a place. We made a script and helped the actors to memorise it, we gave our script some leeway making It easier for our actors.

We learnt about changing the saturation our clips and adding other colours as seen above.

Here we have used a fade effect on our LiveType credits and we did this to stop them from just suddenly disappearing. 

We took all of the good things out of our preliminary task and applied them on to our final opening sequence and bettered them for example for example our planning of what we needed on the day and our knowledge of the equipment, when filming continuity was important for our group to get right when we were filming as we were filming outside, we started to film when it was very bright and a lot of the days that followed mostly consisted of rained. Also some of the footage we filmed was too dark in comparison to our previous shots meaning it would jump from light to dark. 

We had some weaknesses with our preliminary task but not many. A lot of our problems were to do with people not being free at certain times and the rest of the group having to work around them. Our biggest problem was our actors, Our actors didn't come across as very convincing and it shows in our clip. Continuity wasn't that bigger problem for our group as we only had to re-film once due to a small mistake of someones coat appearing in one shot but not the next, it wasn't that noticeable but still needed changing. other then this our group didn't have many weaknesses in the preliminary task.

When starting  our task we decided to sit down as a group and plan our task making sure that we knew what we were doing and when. Due to the pour acting in our group we decided to do most of the filming from the killers perspective using point of view shots, this worked really well as we couldn't find anyone who could act very well and the clip does work better with the point of view shot as it shows the story through the villains perspective and builds the tension. Some of our group members couldn't make some of our scheduled filming times, if they were essential in the filming then we would do it on another day but if it was possible to do it without them which it was we would do it without them and fill them in the next day.

Here we have used a POV shot from the killers perspective this is seen above.

From doing these two tasks our group have learned that practical work is very time consuming and isn't something that can just be left to all be done another day, it isn't just going out there and filming that takes time but editing our opening sequence to be the best it can be can take a long time as well. Overall as a group we know to have a successful opening sequence you need a well thought through plan which everyone in the group understands, cooperation in the group is essential as you all need to know where we are filming and when as well as having everything needed prepared for that day in advance.