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

Skills which have been improved…

My understanding of camera skills definitely developed through my preliminary task to my final coursework piece. I learnt to pay extra attention to every detail in a shot including it being in focus

Out of Focus In Focus

In my preliminary task I practiced the use of Match on Action, which is a term I did not know before doing my preliminary task. I used this technique a lot throught my film opening because I feel like it gives the film that extra proffesional quality.

In my preliminary task I didn’t really think about colour grading and you can tell as in the first shot the lighting is lighter however is darker in the following shot therefore in my film opening I colour graded all the running shots so that each shot had the same tone to it.

Sound

I feel that my sound for my film opening worked really well and that the mixing fitted in well with the atmosphere I was trying to create. I used a constant eerie sound underneath my entire opening to set the feel of the scene and to keep the tense feeling throughout the entire opening. I used small extra sound effect when characters moved or a shot type changed to add that extra suspense and I really believe that my sound and understanding of Adobe Premier Pro very much improved after comparing the sound used in my preliminary task and the sound used in my film opening.

In the future…

In the future I would like to take more care with choosing equipment to use and think about exactly how I am going to shoot a scene because my camera work is a bit shaky throughout the first scene so therefore I would have needed to tripod to steady the camera. Also I need to pay attention to detail so that everything is consistent throughout my opening. For example I haven’t got the date or flashing red dot in all the found footage scenes.

As there was a lot of found footage shots not much shot discipline or composition was used therefore looking forward to my music video I feel I need to work on the way I compose each shot so that it looks like a professional music video.