Question 7

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

I have embedded both my Preliminary Task and my Final media product. Throughout the course, I have learnt a lot about the research, planning, filming, editing, which helped me create a film.

Here I have bullet pointed issues with my preliminary and the improvement in my final film.

Issues with my preliminary task (Hell at home):

• Only had 2 people on set to help
• Did not have a tri pod.
• Some shots looked shaky
• The setting is in my kitchen, which is not great as its not very scary.
• Jump-Cuts - not smooth cuts
• No soundtrack or sound effects
• The lighting was not great
• In a shot you can see i'm not sat in the chair (0:53)

Final film (Iridescent). Examples of improvement:

• Good continuity
• The soundtrack is in sync with the shots
• No Jump Cuts
• Effective titles - (0:00 - 0:06) which make it look like a real film opening
• Good lighting (builds up tension as its dark)
• Lots of codes for the audience ( 1:05 the dog is ripping a stick up showing something bad going to happen)
• Good use of mise en scene (0:32 a fence show to character is trapped)

Skills I have improved on:

• Use of scripts and storyboards enabled me to be more organised into what I was filming on the specific day.
• Wider variety of shots - close ups, high/low angle shots, long shots, medium shots.
• Better knowledge of using software: IMovie and GarageBand
• More people on set to help