The document discusses improvements made from a preliminary task to the full product. Continuity was improved through using the same opening shot and matching shots on action. Camera angles were also improved, such as using a medium shot instead of a close up to make movements clearer. Dialogue was filmed from a better angle. Understanding of video editing software also improved, allowing for better music, sound effects, continuity, and filters to be added.

1. Looking back at your preliminary task,
what do you feel you have learnt in
the progression from it to full
product?

2. Continuity
• We used the same door opening shot in
both our prelim task and main piece. I
feel our accuracy in creating continuity
improved lots in out main task. From
developing from feedback that we got
from out Prelim

3. Match on Action
We also created continuity by
following a match on action shot.
This was used in our prelim task and
worked well with our main task also.
The shot we used in our prelim task
however differs from the main task.
In the main task we recorded Molly
walking up the stairs from behind,
we then shot from the top of the
stairs to get another perspective of
Molly walking towards her room, we
felt this was in effective in creating
tension.

4. Improvements
 Another improvement we made was the use of camera angles. For example in the
prelim photo (left) we used an angle where the movements that the character is
making aren’t as clear, this shot was a close up however in our main task we used
a medium shot to make it more engaging as you can see what is happening more
easily.

5.  In the prelim task we filmed the dialogue from beneath the characters, at an
upwards angle, after evaluating this we decided it wasn’t effective and made sure
not to do it in our main task. Many of our shots were to create the effect that
Molly is being followed, we did this by using a hand held camera and videoing
from behind and side angles. We felt this was very successful in making the
audience feel nervous

6. Final Cut
 The process of making our main task also developed our understanding of how to
use Final Cut Pro. For example;
 We learnt how to add in music and sound effects on top of the film to make it
more realistic and professional.
 We were able to cut out frames more accurately to ensure continuity.
 We also learnt how to add effects onto the clips so that they fit into our genre of
supernatural thriller, for example, the black and white filter.