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Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the

progression from it to the full product?

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Looking at my preliminary task, my main down points were;

out of focus shots, accidental movements of the camera that

disorientated the audience, and lots of space not being

utilised due the fact that I didn't use the rule of thirds to get

better looking shots. I made sure not to make the same

mistake twice when filming the opening sequence, I made

sure to check that the clip was not out of shot. This helped to

make my opening sequence look much better. I also used

editing techniques such as match-on-action to ensure that

the audience can easily follow the character and their

movements so it was not to disorient the viewer.

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As you can see, there is a great

improvement in the positioning

of the camera and the control.

In the first screenshot, the

camera is at a slanted angle,

affecting the overall look,

whereas this isn't the case in

the opening sequence

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I n o r d e r t o i m p r o v e o n c o n t i n u i t y o f t h e o p e n i n g s e q u e n c e , i c h a n g e d h o w I f i l m e d

t h e e n t i r e t w o m i n u t e s e q u e n c e . i n t h e p r e l i m i n a r y t a s k , I t o o k o n e c l i p o f e a c h

s h o t , a n d d i d n ' t u s e m u l t i p l e a n g l e s a n d s h o t s , h o w e v e r i n m y o p e n i n g s e q u e n c e , i

d i d e x a c t l y t h a t . I t o o k m u l t i p l e s h o t s a n d a n g l e s o f e v e r y a c t i o n t h a t w e d i d

a l l o w i n g u s t o e l i m i n a t e a n y t h a t d i d n o t m a k e s e n s e o r w h e r e n o t u s e d , t h i s g a v e

m e p l e n t y o f c h o i c e w h e n i t c a m e t o t h e s t a g e o f e d i t i n g , s o i f t h e r e w e r e a n y s h o t s

t h a t w e r e n o t f i l m e d c o r r e c t l y , o r j u s t d i d n ' t m a k e s e n s e , t h e r e w o u l d a l w a y s b e

a n o t h e r s h o t t h a t c o u l d b e u s e d .

I a l s o i m p r o v e d g r e a t l y o n t h e m i s e e n s c e n e e l e m e n t , a s t h i s w a s s o m e t h i n g t h a t

w a s n o t t a k e n i n t o a c c o u n t a t a n y s t a g e d u r i n g t h e p r e l i m i n a r y t a s k , b u t t h i s w a s

t a k e n i n t o g r e a t c o n s i d e r a t i o n d u r i n g t h e p r o d u c t i o n s t a g e s o f t h e o p e n i n g

s e q u e n c e , a s I w a n t e d t o t r y a n d m a t c h t h e c o s t u m e t h a t t h e p r o t a g o n i s t w a s

w e a r i n g w i t h m y t a r g e t a u d i e n c e , s o t h e y w o u l d b e a b l e t o r e l a t e t o h e r . I n t h e

p r e l i m i n a r y t a s k , n o c o n s i d e r a t i o n w a s t a k e n t o w a r d s t h e a c t o r s c o s t u m e a n d

m a k e - u p , h o w e v e r i n t h e o p e n i n g s e q u e n c e , g r e a t c o n s i d e r a t i o n w a s t a k e n i n t o

h o w t h e a c t o r w a s r e p r e s e n t e d t o t h e a u d i e n c e , b e c a u s e w e w a n t e d h e r t o

r e p r e s e n t o u r t a r g e t a u d i e n c e i n t h e w a y s h e l o o k e d , b e c a u s e t h i s w a s n o t e v e n

t h o u g h t o f w h e n d o i n g t h e p r e l i m i n a r y t a s k

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Again, great improvements in the way that

the character is represented to the

audience. The costume in the opening

sequence was planned much better to try

and match our target audience

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On the day of filming, we improved greatly on how organised we were at deciding what shots to use. In the preliminary task, we used a very basic storyboard that only specified what the actors were going to do, and not how they were going to be filmed, for example angles and timing. In the opening sequence however, we used a very detailed shot list that specified exactly what the actors needed to do, where they needed to be and how they are going to be filmed. This meant that on the day of filming we were much more organised when it came to putting the actors in place and directing them. This also meant that filming time was cut down dramatically, giving us more time to edit the opening sequence and therefore making a better product in the end. In the preliminary task, we only used basic features when editing. We only used one program, which was premier pro do edit it. This was because we only understood the basics of the program and were therefore unable to use it to its full potential. In the opening sequence however, we had a much greater understanding when it came to the program, and we also used another program called after effects, which we used to add effects to the different shots and to the titles in order to try and draw more attention towards them.