1. PRELIM TASK
The first task in which we did in terms of filming and editing was our
preliminary task where we had to be in groups and create a short scene
.The scene and task had to consist of a character having to open a
door, crossing a room and sitting down on a chair whilst he or she had to
exchange a couple lines of dialogue. The scenario for my prelim was me
being the actor was late for school so I walked into the classroom and sat
down explaining to my teacher why I was late, this then made the teacher
tell me to leave due to me getting rude. In our prelim we had to show many
continuity editing types such as 180 degree rule shot reverse shot, eye
line match and match on action shot. By being given a prelim task the
whole point of it was to give us some practise in filming and editing in
order for us to create our main task which was the thriller opening. It was
also given to us so that we could get familiar and have experience in using
the cameras to take the footage and uploading it onto final cut pro in order
to edit it, as we will have to do the same with our main thriller opening
task. From having a prelim task to complete I learnt many things from it
which helped my progression in creating the main product which was the
thriller opening.

2. LEARNT HOW TO PLAN
 One thing that I leant was that planning was very vital and important to do before I
start creating my thriller opening, I leant that by doing planning it makes it easier to
complete something due to me already knowing what to do and how to do it whereas if I
didn’t do planning I would have had to do everything of the top of my head which is very
hard, by doing planning it made my thriller opening more effective and look very smoothly
because if you watch my thriller opening you can tell that I planned thoroughly to
complete the opening due to it looking very smooth and only minor mistakes were made.
For the prelim I got a little bit of experience and practise in planning for it due to me and
my group coming together allowing us to share ideas and discuss thing such as a variety
of shots, what our storyline would be and what each characters role is, if I didn’t do any of
this it would have been extremely difficult. By doing this little planning for the prelim it
helped a lot for my actual thriller opening because when it comes down to my thriller
opening I knew exactly what I had to do and how everything was going to fit in place due
to us having many planning resources beforehand such as a proposal sheet, outline of
thriller opening, legal and ethical issues, health and safety, shot by shot list and a script.
From what I have listed you know that I have planned in a lot of depth for my thriller
opening whereas with my prelim I didn’t have any of these planning resources I just
discussed it with my group members to briefly what we will be doing and done a bit of
improvisation, this shows how my planning has improved from the prelim to the actual

3. LEANT HOW TO EDIT
 Another thing that I learnt was when I did my prelim I had to edit the footage
on the editing software final cut pro and when I did edit some of the prelim
work I found it extremely hard to edit as I had no experience and skills in using
it therefore I had to ask people that were experienced at using it to teach me
and show me the ropes of the simple and main things that I needed to know.
By me learning a little bit about final cut pro and how to use it a bit I kind of
got the hang of using it by me fiddling around with the software, this then
helped me with the actual thriller opening as I knew how to do the simple
things like cut and delete certain scenes and make certain scenes longer, I
also knew how to put certain shots together to create tension. If you look at
my prelim and my actual thriller opening you can tell the difference in editing
due to the prelim not having that many special effects and transitions were as
my thriller opening has a variety and range of different effects and transitions
such as a black out.

4. LEARNT A RANGE AND
VARIETY OF SHOTS
 Another thing I learnt by doing the prelim was a range and variety
of shots such as close up, mid shot, over the shoulder shot and high
angle shot, before I did the prelim I didn’t know the different types
of shots and didn’t know that many and know I am more familiar
with the shots. By me being more familiar with the shots I now
know how to use the shots in certain circumstances and I know
when to putt those shots in a film to make it look effective. I then
used the knowledge in which I leant from the prelim and carried it
out it the actual thriller opening, if you compare my thriller opening
with the prelim you will be able to see how much different kinds of
shots I have used in which I didn’t use in the prelim which shows
you how much I have learnt.

5. H OW M Y S K I LL S D E V E LOP E D F RO M
T H E P R E L IM TO T H E F I NA L
P RO DUC T
 Finally my skills developed to the final product as my knowledge and
understanding were improved in the main areas filing and editing and
knowing how to use the equipment given to me efficiently and
appropriately. Also my research was improved as it helped me to
understand many thriller opening which then lead to helping me know
many things about thrillers such as typical conventions, production
details, exhibition, budget, marketing and distribution. By the use of
carrying out research through the internet It then gave me many ideas in
which could make my thriller opening similar to many successful
thrillers, I was then able to look on YouTube to see many thriller opening
to see the kind of shots and editing used to create tension in which it
made the audience interested. By looking on YouTube I then got ideas
from the shots and editing use and carried it out in my thriller opening.