1. 7. LOOKING BACK TO YOUR
PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT
DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU
HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION FROM IT TO
THE FULL PRODUCT?
Chloe Killin

2. • I feel that I have made immense
progress since the preliminary task. The
preliminary task was very
straightforward and lacked in any
interesting camera angles, editing or
dialogue. As I researched and looked
into the drama genre and many opening
sequences, I began to develop the look
and feel of what I wanted to achieve in
my opening.
PRELIMINARY
TASK TO
FINAL PIECE

3. • The match on action and continuity was
fairly good in the preliminary task, but
quite uneventful and uninteresting,
which I feel that I have now developed
by including more interesting shot
types.
SHOT TYPES
This shot has particularly poor lighting as I
didn’t take into account the light coming in
from the window behind them, which
made them look quite dark.

4. • I had hoped to have a section in which
the camera would focus on the medal
then change focus and we would see
the missing poster. Unfortunately, the
camera that I was using did not allow
manual focus whilst filming, so I had to
alter the idea to the camera simply
moving into the poster, and leave the
camera on autofocus.
• Although I feel that this alteration did
work fairly well, I would still have liked
to have tried the manual focus idea.
AUTO/MANUAL
FOCUS

5. • I have found that it is much harder to
create just a small segment of a much
larger picture that still makes sense on
its own that it is to create a very basic
several second clip with minimal camera
angles and editing techniques, in which
both the start and the end is included in
those 10 seconds. The opening of a film
is around 5% of the total screen time and
so it must begin to develop the story to
be told over the next 2 hours and it is
very difficult to make clear everything
from the main characters to the genre
in just a couple in minutes.
DIFFICULTY
OF CREATING
OPENING
SEQUENCES
Here, the two main characters
can be established by just
showing them.
However in the opening sequence, I had to introduce them with a scene with
dialogue, and I tried to make their clothing reflect their personalities. The opening
had far more detail necessary to make the sequence believable than this short
preliminary task.

6. • Establishing the main characters in the
opening sequence was far more
complicated than the preliminary task
as you need to be able to show their
personality and hopefully be able to
identify with them, which wasn’t
necessary in the preliminary task. From
the bare bones (their lines and basic
character profile) we built the
characters up, from what they were
wearing to they way they address
people.
• This had to go much farther than the
preliminary task which was very short
and had no character development at
all.
MAIN
CHARACTERS

7. • As dramas have a very inclusive style to
aid in the creation of realism, I did use
the tripod a little, but one commonly
finds that the camera will be handheld,
so I didn’t have to use the tripod too
much. It was very simple to use and to
transport from location to location so I
had no issues with it.
• This way of filming, I felt, kept the
audience involved more easily as it gave
the impression of them being there
watching themselves, not looking
through a static camera.
DID YOU USE
A TRIPOD?

8. • There were slight issues with continuity,
mostly in the form of lighting problems.
As I mostly relied on natural lighting,
the brightness of the room may have
varied between scenes, but as this was
out of my control I avoided filming
when clouds covered the sun to do
what I could to ensure the lighting was
consistent.
• Each time I filmed, I aimed to do one
scene or set of scenes if they took place
in the same location. This way it would
have hopefully reduced any continuity
problems.
HOW DID YOU
CONTROL THE
CONTINUITY?

9. • Looking for music was a difficult task but I
soon realised that a piano based piece of
music was what I wanted in my opening. I
knew that the music could change the
whole tone of the film, and so I made sure
that I looked through as many websites as
I could. Eventually came to The Secession’s
YouTube channel and I did a search for
piano music. As soon as I heard the piece I
actually used, I knew it was perfect and
just what I was looking for. It wasn’t too
slow, but wasn’t fast paced and had a
sense of curiosity and intrigue to it, which
I felt represented Millie very well.
• I think that music is the area in which I
have learnt the most. I had to listen to
many pieces and try and see what impact
it may have on the audience and how it
might effect their views on the characters
and the story.
FINDING
MUSIC