Evaluation question 7

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?

Planning

When doing our preliminary task there was very little to no planning we just got some actors and just made a film. However we realised this was a mistake as we had to re-film due not having enough camera angles and some clips were too shaky so could not be used.

In our main task we knew we had to plan ahead and ensure that we knew what we were doing before we filmed. It was important to book a camera and a tripod so that we had it to film and to arrange a date which everyone was available for, this was sorted out by a facebook group chat with everyone involved in the film. We had written scripts for the film to make sure the actors knew what they were doing and so they could adapt into their role quickly. We scouted lots of places for possible locations for our film and agreed which one suited the film best.

Planning Evidence

Filming

The change from a handheld camera in our preliminary task to a 1080p hd camera in our final task made the quality of film increase by huge amounts. Also the change from the camera being handheld to using a tripod meant that we could get a still shot making the film look as professional as possible.

In our preliminary task we did not take enough footage therefore resulting in having to re shoot. In our main film we took multiple different shots meaning that each shot we had a choice and could put the best one possible into our film.

In our preliminary task we did not have a microphone this meant that it was difficult to pick up the sound we wanted to focus on and picked up a lot of exterior sound. Having the microphone in the final film meant that we could get the sound to be picked up properly and not pick up sounds from the exterior e.g.wind.

Change from Preliminary Task to Final Main Task

Handheld camera to Full HD camera with microphone.

Editing

The change from Imovie to Final Cut Pro meant that we had a lot more options to edit with and we could edit in more depth.

Final Cut Pro has many different tools available to edit the film which meant that the making process of the film we had multiple different options for. With the ability to change the lighting and colours in the picture it meant we could get the correct lighting to set the right mood of the film.

With the easy ability to use lots of different music and sound effects meant that we could set the mood for the film and could create the atmosphere we wanted for our audience.

The change to Final Cut Pro overall was a huge improvement and gave us a much better and flowing film.

Changes in Editing from Preliminary Task to Main Task