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

2. THE BRIEF OF BOTH TASKS
 Both tasks had different briefs. The first one, known as the Preliminary Exercise was to
film a 30 second film show the effective use of shot-reverse-shot, 180 degree line and also
match on action and showed two people having a conversation. In contrast to this, the
foundation portfolio brief was to create the first two minutes of a new film that would be
researched into detail about the genre and style of the film. As a result of this, we felt it
was important to use the skills we had learnt during the preliminary exercise and adapt
them for multiple reasons.

3. HOW DID YOU USE THE SKILLS YOU ADAPTED FROM THE PRELIMINARY EXERCISE IN YOUR FILM?
 When we first started the foundation portfolio we felt that as a group we needed to use the
skills we learnt from the preliminary exercise and adapt them for our film to show effect as
the preliminary exercise we did effectively showed the use of 180 degree line, match on
action and also the use of shot-reverse-shot. This was important we learnt about the use
of them as not only could we be able to know what they are but also to adapt them into our
film and suggest to the audience why they were there.
 For instance, we had the use of high angle and match on action on the drugs twice when
our antagonist Martin Crow drops the drugs into the bag and also when our protagonist
gets them out of the bag. This was important as whilst we wanted to show importance on
the drugs we also wanted to show it as a sense of burden for Roxanne. This was adapted
from the preliminary exercise as we showed importance on when Olivia entered the door
to have a talk in the preliminary exercise.
The Foundation Portfolio The Preliminary Exercise

4. 180 DEGREE LINE
 In the film, we felt that we needed the use of 180 degree line within the film to show a
sense of understanding about the place and as a result of this, without having this shot the
audience wouldn’t be able to understand where they were.
 We used this effectively in the foundation portfolio and in the preliminary exercise when
we showed our indoor locations. This was important that we didn’t go over the 180 degree
line otherwise if we went over it then the audience would end up seeing something
different within the shot and therefore be confused.
The Foundation Portfolio The Preliminary Exercise

5. SHOT-REVERSE-SHOT
 In the film we felt that we needed the use of shot - reverse –shot to have the flow of
transitions within the film and therefore we could keep the story going by being able to see
what the other person reactions to the conversation were.
 We showed this effectively in the Foundation Portfolio and the preliminary exercise within
the films as we felt that by adapting this from the preliminary exercise it could give some
flow to the conversation as a result of this and therefore the audience could see what the
other person could be thinking whilst the conversation was going on. This was important
because without the shot then the audience wouldn’t know what would be going on and as
a result of this we decided to use it from our preliminary exercise and adapt it for the film.
The Foundation Portfolio The Preliminary
Exercise

6. WHAT SKILLS HAVE YOU GOT BETTER AT?
 Comparing from the preliminary exercise to the foundation portfolio I feel I have improved
on the skills I have needed for this such as continuity editing, match-on-action and also the
rule of the 180 degree line as before I started the preliminary exercise I didn’t know what
they were and why they were important for films like The Usual Suspects and The Da Vinci
Code but now having learnt them I feel I have improved on the skills as I have been able to
work on more complex stuff within the portfolio than in the preliminary exercise. Such
things include the use of the drugs being slipped into Roxanne’s handbag and also the use
of the first ten seconds when we see out antagonist Martin Crow fall to the ground. As well
as this, the use of 180 degree line has improved as I feel we were able to adapt our space
to work on the film and therefore we knew what couldn’t be in the shot and what could also
be in the shot as a result of this.
The Foundation Portfolio The Preliminary Exercise