The student learned several important lessons from completing their preliminary task that helped them improve for their full film project. They learned about planning, storyboarding, editing conventions, time management, and organizing their group. Some specific things they improved on were being more precise with planning and storyboarding, better continuity editing, learning sound editing skills, and fixing mistakes like inconsistent shots. The preliminary task helped introduce them to the filmmaking process and allowed them to develop skills before filming the final project.