The document discusses what the author has learned from filming a pre-production video with their group. They realized they need to frame shots properly and not cut actors' heads off. They also learned editing techniques like slow motion and how to use it effectively. Through the pre-production, the author gained experience with filming techniques like the 180 degree rule and match on action. They improved their teamwork and planning skills. Overall, the author feels they have learned a lot about film production through this experience.

1. By Rhys Walsh

2. From looking at my preliminary and my pre production I have
realised that I have adapted to be able to change with my camera
shots, for example, in my preliminary, in close ups, me and my
group generally would accidentally cut out half of the actors
head, now we know you shouldn’t do that, so we now know how
to film correctly in certain camera shots.

3.  Now that me and my group have filmed our pre production, I have learnt
many editing techniques, for example, one of the main editing techniques
that me and my group used in this film was slow motion, we used this
editing technique when there was a close up on a character. For example, at
the beginning of the opening sequence, there are four close ups of all the
main characters in the film. We used the slow motion as this allowed the
titles to come up on the screen. We made the slow motion the right speed so
it was slow enough to read the text but no too fast at the same time. By
learning these editing techniques, this has allowed me to be able to film my
films better and to also know what I'm doing when I'm filming it.

4.  Whilst filming my pre production with my group, I have learnt how to use
many filming techniques, these being 180 degree rule, shot reverse shot and
match on action. In our film we used the 180 degree rule to show the
characters arriving at a scene in the film, we used this technique as it can
show the characters coming in and it can help to focus on the characters.
 We didn’t use the shot reverse shot in our pre production as we didn’t have
any conversations, but we did use it in our preliminary, we did this as the
characters in our preliminary had a conversation, in the future I will try to use
the shot reverse shot a bit more in my filming as it can make the film look
better.

5.  When we were planning our opening sequence , we had to decide when to
film and how long it was going to take us to film.
 When we planned the time to film our opening sequence we had to decide on
a time which was suitable for us and our actors for the film.
 On our pre production we tried to stick to a strict time schedule as we
wanted to get the video done as quickly as possible, this meaning that we
could get straight onto the evaluation.

6.  Whilst we were filming our opening sequence, we had to work well in a team
to get the job done. I feel that mine and my groups teamwork skills have
seriously improved since our preliminary task. For example, for our
preliminary the only teamwork we used were to figure out where the film was
going to be and what the story was going to be.
But for our pre production project we improved our teamwork skills as we used
teamwork to decide where the film was going to be, what specific camera shots
we were going to use, the costumes of the characters, and what actors we were
going to use and how our film was going to be successful with our target
audience.

7.  Overall, I feel that I have learnt a lot since my preliminary. For example I have
learnt many more camera techniques and how to use them correctly in a film.
I have also learnt how films are produced and why they are produced in a
certain way. And I have also learnt if I was going to film a Action film, I would
need the correct actors, costumes, location, characters and editing
techniques to produce it correctly. And finally I have found the specific
audiences of each genre of film and how to catch the audiences’ attention
when you film it.