What do you feel that you have learnt in the progression in your preliminary task to your full product?

What do you feel that you have learnt in the progression in your preliminary task to your full product?

By Josh Lindsay

Skills:

From my preliminary task to my final product I fell my framing and camera work has improved drastically.

Through the use of help, trail and error and videos, which have helped me learn skills such as short cuts on Final Cut Pro X in order to apply them to my final product.

Framing:

I feel that my framing has improved drastically, in my preliminary task I had poor framing, i.e central positioning, rule of thirds and dead space, this means my final product looks more professional.

Framing continued

In this Shot a match-on-action is used, when comparing this to the next clip, the earphone wire has magically changed, this may be picky, but a clip is went to be natural and as if you where there, so this is an error, whereas in our final product we did scrutinize it, heavily, in order to get the best quality.

Camera Work:

My camera work has improved majorly, for example my positioning of the tripod, camera movement and audio capturing.

The tripod positioning has been improved by the placement of the tripod, the more secure the tripod the smoother the footage. An example of this is when we filmed out side of my house in the final product, there was a step where the camera needed to go, therefore we had to adjust the camera angle and legs in order for it to be a stable platform to film on.

Camera movement, the fluidity of the camera makes the footage smooth and natural, rather than jittery and un natural. In my final product the end scene the camera pans and tilts down to see a dead body, looking at it, its very smooth and natural, as if looking through somebody's eyes.

Audio capturing, as in filming when there in no cars in the area, making sure the set is quite, all of these variables making the film that much better because there is less unneeded sound and rather set sounds that build tension with in senses.

Final Product over my Preliminary task!

Camera Work:

My match on actions are more natural, meaning they look like the camera magically moves position as an actor moves through a doorway for example, this means that my footage looks more professional and realistic to the audience.

Again my framing, i.e the rule of thirds, has improved,

So the dead space is minimal, and the positioning

Of props and actors are well thought out.

Continued

My skills in Final Cut Pro X has improved drastically, i.e I can use the shortcut keys rather than the icons so therefore I am more time efficient.

Another aspect is communication, our team has bonded and gained the trust of one another, so we can rely on them to contribute to the work load and therefore come out with a better product.

What have I learnt?

What I have learnt

I have learnt that there is no I in team and so this final product wouldnt have been as successful as it is without our group.

Also that neither filming nor editing can be ignored, both are as important to create a well thought out film.

Finally I have learnt that time management is key in getting these deadlines met, and that with out these as stated above more time would be spent on one aspect, like filming and so the product wont be as successful.

About Me?

Well I have learnt that dedication to complete the work and not doing an half arsed job is key in order to get that successful outcome.

And that determination to keep going through the bad patches and prosper in the end makes the course worth the effort.