Evaluation Activity 7

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

To begin with for our preliminary task I took more of a directors role but I did get a bit hands on with the camera. I feel as my skills have greatly increased since our preliminary task because we have been able to understand much better how our film should be filmed, like where from and what angle will give us the best effect when filming.


Camera Work:
During our first filming of our preliminary task we went into I with great ideas of how to film it but didnt come out with the desired effect. The camera work wasnt to great and the shots didnt really convey much story.

However our final piece blows our preliminary task out of the water because we factored in what angle will best suite this type of scene and how it will dvelop the story. As you can see due to the angle the character looks to be in the right place and the setting shows that too.

180 Degree Rule:
Next we see the difference between us using the 180 degree rule. In the prelimniary task we only used it really just to film the task, it didnt have much effect or meaning. Whereas in our final piece its used with great effect to introduce the characters and help the audience understand the realtionship between the two charcters, it also helps identify the setting of the film compared to our preliminary.

Editing:
During both pieces of filming I played a small role in the editing process, i was more there to help find what will make our piece great. With our preliminary task our editing was very basic because it was the first time we had used the software before, hence the jumpy cuts etc. but after a couple of attempts we mastered it for our final piece, for instance to cancel out some camera wobble we edited in some camera smoothing, this greatly improved our piece because it editing that out also created a great sense of suspense as the characters confronted.

Summary:
Due to doing these to pieces i feel my role as a amatuer film producer has vastly increased because not only have my camera skills increased, my director skills and editing skills have increased with it. This means my future pieces of filming should be upto a great standard because i've made that bond between character and audience by increasing my variety of skills. I look forward to what i can create in the future.