1. Question 7 Looking back at your preliminary task, what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full
product?
2. the preliminary task Before Recording I did not know how to
use a camera properly to get effective and professional looking
footage. Furthermore, I didnt know much about producing and
creating a film. I didnt know about how much planning went into it
and how to shot the scenes effectively or use effective music.
However after working on the preliminary task I had a small
understanding of how much planning went into films because we had
to plan all of the different types of shots, what we were going to
do and what we were going to say. We spent quite a lot of time
planning the short video for the preliminary task so I knew that we
would have to spend quite a lot of our time planning the final
product (an opening sequence for our own film). Although we did
have a brief which we wouldnt when making our own film so the
preliminary task was a little bit easier.
3. Planning of the Preliminary Task
4. the Preliminary Task After Recording After completing the
preliminary task I had a better understanding of camera shots and a
brief idea of how to plan for a short film. In the preliminary task
we had to include shot reverse shot, match on action and keep to
the 180 rule. As we had to complete these in the preliminary task
(because it was in the brief) I was able to get a better idea of
how to complete these and how to use them effectively therefore I
was able to use these skills in the actual final product (the
opening sequence of our own film). Also I was able to understand
how to plan short scenes and what we needed to do and how to
actually film the scenes.
5. Camera shots Shot reverse shot 180 Rule Match On Action
6. Preliminary Task & final product From the preliminary
task I was able to see and understand how much planning we had to
do for such a short film however we knew that for the final product
we would have to do a lot more planning and we would have to look
into extra things that we didnt have to look into for the
preliminary task such as distribution companies. Although we were
able to get a brief understanding of the sort of planning that goes
into planning the scenes and how/what to record. When it came to
planning for our final product after we had done some basic
research and analysing other films, I had a brief idea on what we
needed to plan for out opening sequence. For example I knew we
needed to make up a film which we could make the opening sequence
for and then I took the knowledge which I had gained from the
preliminary tasks and thought about how we could film the scenes
such as the shot types (i.e. shot reverse shot) and how to include
them while making sure they are used effectively.
7. Making use of digital technologies For the preliminary we
used a basic digital camcorder. By using the camcorder we were able
to understand how we could record the scenes and how to do it so it
looks effective and professionally. We were able to get an
understanding of how the camcorder works and how we could shoot
different scenes using it. As a result when it came to filming our
final product we used the same type of camcorder so we knew how to
use it and how to film thing productively. In addition after
recording all of the scenes for the preliminary task, we used Adobe
Premier to edit the scenes together as we had recording them in
short shots. Due to this I was able to get a good understanding of
how to use the software and know what could be done on it so when
it came to editing the final product I had the basic knowledge from
the preliminary task of how to use Adobe Premier.