Question 7

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

I developed as a filmmaker in many different ways throughout the project. I first of all developed my camera skills by in advanced listing the amount of shots I would use in the production, and made sure that the shots were going to be that of a much higher quality. I did this by making sure the shots were steadier and incorporated everything that the viewer would need to see in the frame.

I also improved the planning by not just using a storyboard, but by listing the shot types I was going to use. I also went to the location before the we actually filmed the production, so I could get a feel for what the location was actually like and whether we would need to change if the groups were too weather worn on the day of the shoot.

I feel the Prelim task went well and we the overall film was good, but the shots were poor and not stable and the narrative was a bit weird and hard to follow. The cuts in the short film were also poor because of the amount of shots. They restricted the editing to basically use what we have and we couldn’t use a backup shot. This meant that the shots used were the only shots that we could use in the editing, which meant that we had jump cuts and shots that didn’t fit.

We improved the amount of shots in the real production by making sure that we had up to 4 backup shots that would all fit and would all make sense if the original shot was lost, deleted or we decided we didn’t like it. We also incorporated many different shots, unlike the Prelim, such as the panoramic long shot, the over the shoulder shot and a shot which showed hierarchy well. The shots all fitted together and weren’t all over the place, which meant that the opening was easy to follow, and was easy to understand.

We used the 180 degree rule well and kept the camera in front of Connor’s body at all times, so it meant that the rule wouldn’t be broken. When we needed to move the camera, we made sure that the shot followed the actor round and could be understood by the audience.

I feel that you can clearly see an improvement from the Prelim to the final production purely because the final production looks much more professional than the Prelim through it’s steady camera shots and it’s editing.

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