Looking back at your preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in progression from it to the full product?From looking at the preliminary task, we can see that a lot more planning in depth was put into our final product as opposed to this first task. When planning our final product, some of the most essential things which we considered were the location (mise-en scene) as this was crucial to the making of our final product however when we were directing our preliminary task we were very limited as to where we could film and therefore did not have the freedom which we had with our final product and so we did not really consider the location as our main priority. One of the most significant aspects when planning our preliminary task was the discussion of our characters. This was essential for this particular task as we were given a specific brief which therefore included characters and so this was therefore a necessity. However when we were planning our final product we discussed characters and from the start wanted to ensure that we included these characters, however as we begun to think of what we were filming more and as we started filming, we decided that it would be best to not include characters. We came to this decision because we felt that it would benefit our piece more as we felt by not having characters it would help to set the create atmosphere more efficiently. In the first stages of planning our final product, we drafted the shots we were going to use in the form of a storyboard. However as we made a last minute decision to change and discard the characters within our product, we then had to think about different shots to use that did not include or focus on characters. Therefore we looked at shots that would enable us to help create the mood and atmosphere. The final shots we used were shot such as panning shots, close ups, high angle shots, long shots and mid-shots. As well as a time-lapse. Shots that were particularly effective for our product were the close up shots of the house and the time-lapse, this was because the time-lapse represented night fall approaching which then added to the mystery and eerie feel of the piece. Close ups were also very effective, especially when looking at the smashed window, therefore the audience were clearly able to see that something had been in the house and something had happened as it had been left in such a poor state. We also looked more at the presence of sound, we learnt from our preliminary task that sound was very effective in creating tension and therefore we knew that this would be a key feature in our film opening. In our preliminary task we mainly used sound effects, however in our film opening; we combined the use of sound effects and music which was particularly effective. We decided that our opening looked more effective with the presence of music and therefore we decided that we wanted the music to run through the whole of our film opening through to the end.