1. Question 7
LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY
TASK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE
LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION IT TO THE
FULL PRODUCT?

2. What have I learnt?
After receiving feedback from my Preliminary
project, I knew I would have to put in a lot more
thought in many different key areas of my
Production. Filming the Preliminary helped me
learn that I needed to improve on 3 areas of my
production in order to create a good final piece.
These 3 things are…
◘ Editing
◘ Location
◘ Sound

3. Editing
After filming our preliminary project, we used Adobe
Premiere cs5 to edit it. Making this preliminary project
gave me some useful experience with the editing
software.
This was helpful because our piece was quite reliable
on editing techniques in order to be an effective
piece. For example, the blue tint we added really
effects the final outcome, the same goes for the
darker tint used in the attic.

4. Location
One of the main criticisms of our
preliminary was the location in which
we filmed it. We filmed it in a classroom,
which was not much of a problem,
however, there were various posters in
the room which ruined the atmosphere
slightly. Therefore, when we filmed our
final piece, I had to move quite a few
objects which would not be found in an
old inherited house such as kids’ toys
and TV Magazines.

5. Sound
When we edited our preliminary project,
we did not cut out all of the ambient
sound. The sound quality from the camera
we used was not very good and in my
opinion, made the piece slightly worse.
So, in ‘Deceased Memory’, I cut out the
entirety of the audio. I swapped it for an
underlying soundtrack which was
effective and made the piece not only
more enjoyable to watch, but also slightly
more scary.

6. Sound
When we edited our preliminary project,
we did not cut out all of the ambient
sound. The sound quality from the camera
we used was not very good and in my
opinion, made the piece slightly worse.
So, in ‘Deceased Memory’, I cut out the
entirety of the audio. I swapped it for an
underlying soundtrack which was
effective and made the piece not only
more enjoyable to watch, but also slightly
more scary.