Evaluation Q7 Looking back at your preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Mahir Choudhury

Looking back at my preliminary task I have not created any titles. During my research I have seen that every urban film has titles which are moving. Due to this I have also added moving

titles at the beginning of my production.

I created my titles on a software called Motion.

Titles

I have learnt that costume is very important, in our preliminary task we recorded with whatever we were wearing at the time but I soon realized after my research that costume is very important so in my film opening I decided what I want my characters to wear. During my research I found out that in almost every Urban film they are dressed in hoodies and other accessories such as hats and caps. I decided to have them wearing hoodies, gilets and hats because this is a common stereotype for young people from urban areas to be wearing these garments.

Mis En Scene - Clothing

We also recorded our preliminary task inside school, which didn't make it interesting at all. I chose to record my media product mainly outdoors although there are parts inside a house. This is because most of the action I saw during my research on urban films were outdoors. I also learnt about framing and camera angles as we did not really think about this when we recorded our preliminary task, when I recorded my media product I recorded each shot from different angles and used the best shots in my film opening. I learnt that there is no harm in recording extra clips as they can come into use later on when editing.

Location

Sound Sound is another thing I have learnt about as my preliminary task only had dialogue, which made it very dull. I have decided to add sound to my film opening, as this will make it more interesting. During my research I found out that most urban films contain urban music such as rapping. I found my sounds on a website called Jamendo. This is a website which has free music which is not copyright music.

This was the only reason I used this website as if I used another soundtrack from YouTube for example this track could be copyrighted. Using this website made sure that I was legally allowed to use these sound tracks.

TechnologyWhen I produced my preliminary task I

was not experienced in using the technologies such as the iMac and also software's such as Motion and Final Cut

Pro. As time went on I gained more experience in using the iMac as I was

constantly using it during lessons. I had no idea how to use the software ‘Motion’ when I was creating my preliminary task

which meant that I was not able to create any titles for this. I soon learnt how to use Motion and used this software to

create titles for my full product. Similarly, I did not know how to use Final Cut Pro

but as lessons went by I learnt how to use this software which was used to create both my preliminary task and my full

product.

Organization I found the organization of the shoot difficult as I was in a group alone so I did not have anyone else I could rely on. I found it difficult to find actors who wanted to be filmed. There were also problems with timing as not everyone was available to film together due to other arrangements. I would do many things differently if I was to do this again such as spending more days filming and taking more shots so there would be a variety to choose from when editing.