Question 7

Question 7: Looking back at your perliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

The difference between my perlimary task and my final opening sequence:

In the perlimary task wasn't in as much detail. The cuts where longer and not as well filmed. As a group we used a lot of mid and long shots when filming. We used dialogue to make it more intresting. There where only about 10 cuts to the filming and it wasn't edited much. The whole clip was boring and too long. We had no music to make it more intresting to watch. The setting to the task wasn't as well planned out.

In the final project (seized) we used music to make the filming and watching it more intresting. We used a lot of good, sharp and intresting close up shots. We also used a different and an establishing shot to get the audience thinking in the first few seconds of the opening sequence. When I was editng my groups clips I made sure they where quick cuts to keep the viewer intrested and wanting to see more. I also put in some fade in and out clips to make the story flow better and smoother this helped the audience to see the continuity (the smooth line) to our editing of our opening sequence. We used no dialogue to give our film more a better mood to it and it will also keep the audience intertained and griped to there seat. All of the cuts in my final task where quicker and better because we planned them out with more, with more time and we put more effort into making sure our opening sequence was the best in the class.

I have learnt: How to be patient when filming and putting together a story to my film. I now know how to put myself into my audiences shoes so I know what they will like to see and how my film will be good to watch. How to edit a film to a higher quality. For example to this I would: cut and speed up clips, fade the music out as I fade the last shot out. I am able to add in text to my clips and make sure it is all in time together. I can imput some intresting music that fits in with my mood to my filming and that is in time with the filming. I know how to film using the tri-pod so the filming looks better when it is finished and viewed by others. I know how to plan a good opening sequence that will make me happy to watch when it is finally done.

I have learnt how to use a camera effectivily. For exampl you can see in the screen grabs I have put together at the top that I can film from different angles and I can also put alot more into one frame. You can also see I can use an effective pan shot and have close-ups of characters and I am able to locate my scence's in a different place that gives a good mood to my group's thriller. I have used all of the skills I leant in the first few weeks of media, for example you can see I can use the 180 degree rule to a high and belivable standard, that is effective. You can see I no how to catck the match on action from each clips and to get this into a good frame. I am also able to use shot/reverse/shot more effectivily now because I have used it more in my filming process. So from what I have learnt in the first few weeks of media when I just started the year, to what I know now I have really improved all of my media skills. I can see it has been alot and I have put all of my hard work into my task of putting together in a group a thriller opeing sequence. This has been a big chalange for me and I think I have really done well.