Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
As a production team I truly believe we have come very far since our preliminary task in terms of our editing, technical skills and in my opinion our most developed area, planning.
The preliminary task provided us with the opportunity to exercise skills and develop new areas the seriously needed developing. For example prior to the preliminary task I was clueless as to how to use lighting and camerawork effectively to connote different feelings and engage the audience.
The preliminary task taught me about the various rules we must follow and stick to when filming to ensure a believable and professional film, such as the 180 degree rule and the 30 degree rule. Also, the preliminary task was my first time properly using any sort of camera equipment or shooting anything close to what could be deemed as a professional film sequence. In addition, we were given the chance to learn and use the new technology that we had been provided such as a DSLR, a tripod and a microphone. This meant that when it came around to filming our thriller we had some degree of knowledge and understanding of the equipment. In terms of the kind of skills we learned when completing the preliminary task we established how to use camerawork such as mid shots and shot reverse shot, this I feel we did very successfully. As well as learning from the elements of the preliminary task that we did well we also thoroughly learnt from our mistakes and errors. For example, in our preliminary task we failed to demonstrate any essence of continuity or ambition, in the sense that we played everything very safe. By only including two or three different camera angles we limited our piece, but we learned from this and in our thriller we included a variety of shots which gave our piece depth. As you can see here in this screenshot, we demonstrated our ambition that we just didn't have in the preliminary task by using a close up accompanied by low key, diegetic lighting immersing the audience in the mystery of the plot and character.
The preliminary task provided us with the opportunity to exercise skills and develop new areas the seriously needed developing. For example prior to the preliminary task I was clueless as to how to use lighting and camerawork effectively to connote different feelings and engage the audience.The preliminary task taught me about the various rules we must follow and stick to when filming to ensure a believable and professional film, such as the 180 degree rule and the 30 degree rule. Also, the preliminary task was my first time properly using any sort of camera equipment or shooting anything close to what could be deemed as a professional film sequence. In addition, we were given the chance to learn and use the new technology that we had been provided such as a DSLR, a tripod and a microphone. This meant that when it came around to filming our thriller we had some degree of knowledge and understanding of the equipment. In terms of the kind of skills we learned when completing the preliminary task we established how to use camerawork such as mid shots and shot reverse shot, this I feel we did very successfully. As well as learning from the elements of the preliminary task that we did well we also thoroughly learnt from our mistakes and errors. For example, in our preliminary task we failed to demonstrate any essence of continuity or ambition, in the sense that we played everything very safe. By only including two or three different camera angles we limited our piece, but we learned from this and in our thriller we included a variety of shots which gave our piece depth. As you can see here in this screenshot, we demonstrated our ambition that we just didn't have in the preliminary task by using a close up accompanied by low key, diegetic lighting immersing the audience in the mystery of the plot and character.
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| This is a screenshot from our thriller displaying Tom's character in low key lighting through a close up shot. |
In terms of continuity we made sure that we did it right this time, as in our preliminary task we failed to execute this, as we changed the mise en scene between shots. Furthermore, in our preliminary task we included large amounts of unnecessary clutter, creating a messy mise en scene and an all round unprofessional sequence.
Compared to our preliminary task I feel like our planning for 'Torpidty' is amazing, we display our in depth knowledge of the genre conventions and show our complete thought process when deciding each key part. For example, our mind map of initial ideas is extremely thoughtful and displays how we considered various plots and genres before choosing our current one. Also, the planning process, as seen through my blog posts displays our fantastic level of teamwork and group discussion. Compared to our preliminary task where each of us would randomly come up with ideas and incorporate them, with our thriller we systematically went through possible ideas and asked for each group members input on each idea.
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