The document summarizes the improvements made from a preliminary media task to the production of a film called Malus. Key areas of improvement included conducting in-depth research to define the audience and focus of the film, incorporating more advanced cinematography techniques like low angles and pans, and storyboarding shots to ensure crucial elements were captured efficiently during filming. The progression allowed the filmmaker to strengthen preproduction skills like planning and research which are important for creating a coherent media product.

1. Media Evaluation Question 7
The main improvement from the preliminary task to Malus was completing
intensive research to give a focus and an audience to fit the film around. This meant
that we could consider things like sociolect and dialogue in more depth as well as
having well though out costumes, hair and make up to make the most of character
representation and setting the scene.
The preliminary task only required a few simple shots and so the progression to the
production of Malus allowed us to delve into more complex cinematography using
low angles, pans, tilts and long shots. This makes the overall media product look
more professional and interesting.
I also learned how to edit in a more efficient manner, using the blade tool to change
the volume of tracks in certain places, using filters, which work with the genre of
horror rather than leaving each shot exactly the way that the camera saw it.
In the preliminary task we didn’t get chance to create an animatic storyboard which
worked in our favour when producing Malus because we could visualize the way we
wanted the film to look and then efficiently film it to make sure that we didn’t miss
out any crucial elements of the film. This helped me when it came to my directing
because I could refer to the storyboard to keep me on track with what I wanted to
film and the reasons I wanted the shots to look the way they did. For example in the
low angle shot of the witches feet walking past the camera I wanted to set the scene
of the autumnal time of year, which is most associated with horror, by showing the
orange leaves on the ground.
The progression has made my preproduction skills much more efficient and
effective as I can now see the importance of planning and research in order to make
the best possible product. If you throw yourself into a production without even a
basic outline of what you want to shoot the film will become jumbled and make no
sense.