From the preliminary task to completing the full product, the group learned about filming, editing, and creating a cohesive video sequence. They gained important insights around planning, research, and developing camera and cinematography skills to convey mood through visuals rather than words. Working with new technologies throughout the process helped them improve their skills and try new techniques to add depth of feeling to their films.

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?
Looking back to the preliminary task at the beginning of the course, our group
has learned a lot about the filming and editing aspects of creating a videoed
sequence (eg. Opening sequence), we have also learned that planning and
organisation within a group is essential in order for a film to work and make
sense, we have also thoroughly researched our chosen genre for our task so
that we could gain a greater understanding of the genre which we used to
make our product the best it could be, we have also developed our
cinematography skills (camera angles) so that we can portray certain moods
and feelings in the film without them being spoken, all of our group each did
independent research which later allowed us to share ideas among one
another to ensure that we had created a decent varied ending product . During
the making of the film in the preliminary task we did not completely
understand the technologies that we had at our disposal , we also struggled to
create the best possible outcome for our film , however as we used these new
technologies more we were able to improve our work and try new things to
add different feelings and emotions to our films , this is shown by comparing
our 2 film’s together (prelim task & opening sequence), we also used a more
complex editing software in comparison to our prelim technology , it allowed
us to edit more effectively to ensure that our finished ending product would
be successful and to the high standard that we had hoped for.