charlottewhiteg321: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Our preliminary task was our first chance to use the cameras and have a go at editing. We just had to film a simple scene where one person walks up to another and they hold a conversation. Throughout this task we mainly had to focus on the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot/reverse shot. Through this task we learnt the importance of using the 180 degree rule in our film so that the audience does not get confused and to ensure that there are no continuity errors. Since the task I have learnt more about the variety shots and how effective they are and more about the editing process through adding titles and music etc.

In our final product we still used the shots we used in the preliminary task but they were more effective as we had planned them through our storyboarding and thought more about the context they would be in. We used match on action in our final product however it was more effective than it was in our preliminary task as we used it to fit in with the genre of our film opening.

Whilst making our preliminary task it made us more aware of continuity errors we could make, so we were more careful when filming our opening. The editing process is the main stage that we have learnt about since our preliminary task, as we learnt about the importance of getting shots right and having to re shoot if they didn't look right. We also learnt about the planning aspect of making a film and film institutions and production as we did not need any planning for our preliminary task. We also learnt about slide transitions and titles and credits through our editing and how this can influence the genre of your film.

Screen shots from preliminary task