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

1. EVALUATION 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in
the progression from it to your final production?

2. RESEARCH AND PLANNING
• How have your skills developed and what benefit has this had on your work?
Throughout the process of making my film opening title sequence I was able to
develop multiple skills including using a camcorder to record different types of shots
(such as pans, zooms, match on action, and different angle shots), editing video
footage in Final Cut Express, recording and importing a soundtrack, and
superimposing text to create titles.
• Did you produce work more in line with professional practice as you have a more
detailed understanding of the forms and conventions of real media products?
Researching the conventions of drama films made an impact on the types of shots,
locations and characters I used in my final product (especially , whereas my prelim
was a starting experiment and looked less professional due to many factors (such as
the poor quality continuity editing).
• Did you manage your time better?
Making the prelim was a very rushed task and I had much less time to film and edit it,
but with the final product everything was well thought out and planned beforehand
and all of my filming and editing was timetabled in advance.

3. CONSTRUCTION
Shot Composition:
Prelim Final Product
• Clumsy and not very well
thought out
• Rushed
• Shot angles not considered
as much
• Shaky camera
• Planned well
• Each pan and match on
action shot was carefully
composed
• Each high or low angle
signified a character’s status
or relationship with another
character
• Wide variety of shots used
• Continuity editing is better
• Had more time to re-film if a
shot wasn’t perfect

4. Match on actionPrelimFinalProduct

5. CONSTRUCTION
Lighting:
Prelim Final Product
• Dull lighting
• Location was a dimly lit
staircase
• Lighting is different per
location
• Brighter light from outdoor
natural light
• Better quality image

6. CONSTRUCTION
Location:
Prelim Final Product
• Dimly lit staircase
• Echoey space
• Unclear where the setting is
• Variety of locations
• Locations fit drama genre
conventions
• Locations suit the narrative
• Well-planned mise-en-scène
• Better lighting

7. CONSTRUCTION
Actors:
Prelim Final Product
• Actors were classmates
• Didn’t really know what to
expect so weren’t prepared
• Not the correct age to play
the characters
• Costumes weren’t planned
• Cast were specially
considered for roles that
would suit them
• Well acted, emotions and
body language were
believably conveyed
• Costumes were carefully
chosen
• Actors were sensible about it
• Actors did research about
the topics handled in the film
before filming

8. CONSTRUCTION
Intertitles:
Prelim Final Product
• No intertitles or titles • Carefully organised titles
and intertitles
Sound:
Prelim Final Product
• Echoey
• Unclear dialogue
• Background noise
• Clear dialogue
• Soundtrack
• Voiceover

9. SOFTWARES
I developed my skills through using Final Cut Express to edit
my video footage together and add a voiceover and
soundtrack. I learnt how to create fade in and out transitions,
shorten and cut the lengths of video clips and alter the sound
levels whilst layering them up. I learnt how to add text over
video footage and edit where and for how long the text
stayed onscreen. I learnt how to import video clips and
render them and then export them into a QuickTime movie to
upload to YouTube or Vimeo and embed into my blog.