Evaluation 7

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


When beginning the AS Media coursework, we were set to do a preliminary task to get used to the equipment and the onto continuinty editing, using the camera we tried the different angles, such as long-shot, mig-shot, close-up, over the shoulder, two-shot, these angles all very important in identifying conventions in films, and also I could show and audience what I wanted them to see.





Throughtout the process I have learnt many things like using the specialised computer and keyboard, and to use Adobe Premier and Photoshop which will then help me with further work in the future as I now have the skills I need to edit, as well as the more technical things like importing and exporting files, JPEG and AVI files










Although it now sounds simple, we learnt how to use the tripod, so our footage wouldn't be shakey, which we used throughout our prelim, however when filming dead end we followed the character Amelia whilst walking, using hand held, this was to get the effect that people in the audience were walking with her, so it could have been effective to use in the prelim when Fliss was walking.

As we edited our Preliminary Task, it was a bit sketchy as we weren't that confident in using the effects as were when editing our film, such as the transistions of cross fades and dips to black with show the change in time which was cruicial to our story line, and with help of the storyboards, we knew that we had to use the variety of angles to portray what we wanted and to also make the film more interesting.

Also, by the reserch into different genres and film openings, I have more creativity into creating a storyline to a film, and learning techniques that will keep an audience interested and entertained.