The document discusses the progression from a preliminary film task to the final product. Some key things learned were using camera shots like match on action and continuous filming. The preliminary task was a good first experience but some shots like the beginning and end were messy. For the final opening, a wider range of shots and editing effects were used to set the atmosphere. Looking back, focusing shots and using more variety would have improved the preliminary task. Comparing the two, there is clear improvement in shots like two shots and tracking shots which were done more perfectly in the final film.

1. (I am going to create a prezi of this but I just need some screenshots from our
film which I don’t have at the moment)
Q7 – Looking back at your prelim task, what have you learnt in the progression
from that to the final product?
From our prelim task that we did 6 months ago, I thought was a really good
exercise to get us engaged and experienced in using the camera and how to
actually make a film. I think the hardest thing that came out of it was trying to
use camera shots that were tricky like match on action and using continuous
filming. Trying to get all of it flowing and keeping it at the same pace was also
something that as a group we found tricky. I think at the end we were happy
with it as we put it together in the space of a week and it was the first short
film that we had actually filmed and edited together.
The good bits from the task was the continuous filming, such as here. Where
the camera was in front of me and when I was talking and when I decided to
get up we filmed it from the back so my actions match, where I am in front of
Beth both times and they match.
The bad parts were the beginning and the end, even though at the beginning
we were trying to get a running point of view shot it looked messy and awful, I
think we would know now that the camera needs to be upright more and
moving forward rather than to the side. At the end we focus into Dan who was
the man who was ‘following’ Beth, the camera work and focusing/zoom was
really out of focus and shot which made it look sloppy and lazy.

2. From the prelim task to our final opening I know I had progressed a lot as well
as the rest of my group. From this to our film opening is a drastic change in
how much we had learnt, practiced and experienced. We had used a wider
range of shots and editing effects to set the atmosphere that we hadn’t done
or used in our prelim task. All of this was from practicing and testing things out
to see what looks good and what doesn’t.
The things I would improve about our prelim task now that I the experience of
doing our final film is to focus our shots and use a wider variety so that it looks
more interesting and purposeful. I also think that I would improve not being so
carefree in the shots because when it came to editing our final film we realised
how vital shots really were whether they were correct or quality or not
because if you didn’t have them then you’d have to go back and re-film them.
Comparing the prelim and the final film there are parts that show how much
we have progressively improved such as the two shot and the tracking shots. In
the prelim both these shots were done fairly whereas in our film we made sure
they were done to perfection and that everyone in our group was satisfied
with them.