EVALUATION - QUESTION 7

LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE FULL PRODUCT?



Our animatic for our prelim looked more interesting because we used pictures instead of drawings. However, as we did not have much time to spend planning some of the pictures weren’t very well framed or with a good lighting. Our storyboard for our film included a variety of different shots and it was much more informative, telling the type of shot we should make and with the titles included.

In terms of camera skills I think although we had some good framing in the prelim and we attended the expectations of the rule of thirds and a 180 degree rule, in comparison to our actual film, we had a wider variety of shots also attending the expectations of the rule of thirds and a 180 degree rule. So I would say we improved our camera skills.

The mise en scene improved a lot from our prelim to our film. The prelim was filmed in College without many props or preparation of scenario. The only prop that we had was two (empty cups of coffee).

In our actual film we had a variety of different props. We also thought carefully about location.

In terms of lighting, we did have some problems with lighting in our prelim as we were close to a window.

We tried to avoid lighting problems in our actual film by filming outside and filming in parts of the house that were well illuminated. However, ome shots did get a bit dark, so we had to edit them to try and make them brighter. In general our lighting was better in our actual film.

But what really improved were our editing skills. There is a massive difference between the editing of our prelim and the editing of or film. We learned how to use many different filters and transitions. In our prelim we only used a few transitions and slow motion. In our actual film we used many different filters.

In our prelim we used match cut and shot reverse shot. The match cut wasn't very effective but the shot reverse shot worked very well following the 180 degree rule. In our actual film we used match cut more effectively and we also used jump cuts effectively, all following the 180 degree rule.

We also learned how to add titles in a more effective way. Before we only knew how to add the text, and in our actual film we learned how to create different effects to our text, like shaking, blinking, letters falling down.

There is also a big improvement in our sound. We learned how to use many different sound effects overlapping each other. Our sound in our prelim is very simple and based on sounds in Soundtrack Pro, but in our film we used a combination of sounds we found in the internet with Soundtrack Pro sounds. We used sound effects like drums, birds, together with the piano music, and we also used voices (the baby girl talking).