In the progression from the preliminary task to the final product, the filmmakers learned the importance of planning, practice, and preparation. For the final piece, they conducted research, practice shoots, and prepared costumes, props, and equipment in advance. This planning helped create a clear vision and allowed for reshoots. They also improved camerawork, sound design, editing, and continuity from more planning and practice. While the preliminary task helped identify areas for improvement, more planning was needed to effectively convey genre and create a cohesive final film.

1. Looking Back At My Preliminary
Task - What Do I Feel I Have Learnt
In The Progression From It To Full
Product

2. Pre-production
Final
Prelim • By the time it came to our final piece we
• Before we filmed our preliminary video had made sure we had enough research
we was given a list of shots we had to and planning into our genre. When we
include and when we had decided on decided on a date to shoot our opening
the setting and dialogue we literally scene we made sure that costumes,
went out and filmed it straight away. camera and props were ready in school
Although we didn’t want to plan too
heavily what the actors would say (as days before we needed them. Even
when it came to filming, it would have though we didn’t actually need to find the
lacked realism) we found that we sounds or font titles, we made sure we
hadn’t planed even merely enough had that all prepared before we shot our
when it came to editing. As we hadn’t piece so that we had a clear idea of what
written everything out in intense detail,
when it came to shooting we had the production was going to look like after
realised that we had forgotten most of editing. We found this really helpful
what we needed/wanted to include, because we had a more clear idea of what
therefore we had to reschedule a date we wanted to produce. When we was
for the shoot. filming, we was able to watch what we
had filmed before we left the cemetery
and was able to re-film if we was unhappy
with how it had come out.

3. Production
Final
Prelim • When we planned our opening scene we
wanted to use a dark room with a bright
• When producing our spot light and have the camera at a high
angle showing blood dripping from the
preliminary scene we didn’t actress’ hand. From a practice shot, we
have any practice shootings realised that it was really difficult to use
the little black room we had dedicated to
before hand, we just went do this. However, in the cathedral that the
out and shot it, which we actress is in when she walks through the
doors, we found was an ideal place to
then found that when it shoot the final piece. We found that it was
came to actually filming the idyllic for the spot light and it helped add
to the eerie effect. Also, we wanted to
shoot, it was more time follow notes that’s the actress was
consuming and lengthy. dropping when she walks up towards the
doors. From our practice shoot, we found
this was much more difficult to do that we
had first thought. Therefore, we had
learnt that a practice shoot was essential
for getting the perfect shots.

4. Post production
Prelim Final
• When editing our shots we • By the time we had got to our
found that it was difficult to final piece we found that editing
was much easier and that we
get our heads around and the were able to do things such as
software that school was able reversing the footage (which we
to offer us, we found that it used with the roses and the
was not the most effective. It breath in the doorway). We was
able to play around with the
was good to be able to play lighting as we had many different
around with the sounds when shades of lighting as we was
doing our preliminary video as relying of natural lighting. We was
we had a soundtrack and able to overlap sounds to build
dialogue at the same time. layers of sounds making the
scene more interesting and scary.

5. Sound
Prelim Final
• In the preliminary task we had difficulty • In the final task we used a tick tock jungle to
balancing the voice over and the add an eerie effect, alongside another
soundtrack nicely so that the music atmospheric/ instramental piece. This use of
wasn’t too quiet when there was layering sounds together effectively builds up
tension, including a whispering sound in the
dialogue yet wasn’t too loud that you background of the clip at the beginning.
couldn’t hear it. As it was the prelim There was a lack of folley used which makes
task we had no difficulty with any the clip lack realism, however, the character
copyright issues, however, being able to was not wearing any shoes so we weren’t
use the acoustic version of Ben able to add any footsteps sounds also the
Howards - Only Love would not have door that she opened was more effective to
been possible in the Final coursework building tension if the tick tock was there
along with the other layered sounds. There
piece. We had difficulty with folley in was no dialogue used until the end when it
the prelim task as it was in the school goes back in time to before she ended up in
library, so at one point you can hear the cemetry when a guardian tells her to
people in the background talking during “wake up now”.
one of the characters dialogue.

6. Editing
Final
Prelim • We had a lot of great shots when we came to
• When we first started our preliminary editing and I think the reason its difficult to
task we didn’t film at least 10 seconds distinguish whether its a trailer or an opening
of useless footage, therefore when we scene is because we tried editing inn all the great
had to upload the footage we had shots that we had. For example, the over the
difficulty fitting the timings in order shoulder shot of the character slowly turning her
that we didn’t end up loosing any head round when sitting on a pew, or the mid shot
footage. When we filmed our of the character and her head slowly tilts up and
preliminary video we shot everything in looks straight into the lens of the camera. We
a chronological order but just did many were also filming for 3 and half hours and when
shots. This made our editing much we had got to the cemetery it was light outside
easier as we just had to choose which and by the time we came out it was dark,
ones we liked the best and cut away the therefore when we came to editing it, it was
ones we didn’t need. As we didn’t have difficult getting the same lighting all the way
to put any credits on the preliminary through because we was using natural lighting
task we never really had the (this made our piece lack continuity). As we chose
opportunity to play with fonts etc. a horror come thriller genre we used mostly
straight cuts in, however to add an eerie effect we
did use a fade to the dead rose petals falling in the
puddle, this was to emphasise the fact they were
dead/lifeless. This would have been effective to
the viewer because the image runs parallel to the
theme.

7. Camera
Prelim Final
• When the girl runs after the boy through the • In the 2nd shot where the camera
door, after now having done the final piece, I follows the character down the
realise that it would have been more
effective if the camera would have then path towards the cathedral, the
followed her on the other side of the door. camera work is not steady, making
That way the audience would have been able it seem less effective and decreases
to see a reaction shot of the boy walking
away from her. There was a more of a the tension building effect. When
variation in shots with our preliminary task the character opens the door, she
due to having a shot-reverse-shot, opening moves slightly to the right when
the door, use the 180 degree rule and a she breaths upwardly and it would
reaction shot. The easiest of the shots was
the opening of the door and the most have more fluidity if she had been
difficult was the 180 degree rule. This was in the exact same position. By the
because when trying to resume a previous time we was able to get a high
position it was never the same position as angle of the cathedral the lighting
before. This made sure that the finishing edit
lacked realism . was different, however, we tried
using that shot because we hadn’t
had a variation of different angles.

8. Mise en scene
Prelim Final
• As we was using a school environment • We used a hospital gown in order to create more
yet had the genre of romance we had questions for the audience to ask when watching
to use the facilities the best we could. it, it created the idea that maybe the character
As a result of this we had the girl in was either mentally or physically ill. We used
normal day-to-day clothes and the boy natural lighting which was high key. We used a
was to come across as if he’d just young girl who was slim with big hair which
finished work. Sophie was wearing bed emphasised how vulnerable the character could
socks with her feet on the sofa to make be. In order to make her look smaller we made
it seem a home environment. The her hair even bigger. This was effective as she
lighting was high key although a low key made the setting look bigger and herself looked
would have conformed the conventions smaller. The actress we used had pale skin and
of romance more. I have learnt that by when we used the night vision mode on the
not conforming the conventions of the camera it made her look more ghostly. However, I
genre it makes it less effective to the do believe that if we had another character in the
audience. The actors that are used scene it would have made the footage less
conform conventions as you have a repetitive. The fact that it had been raining on the
stereotypical, shy girl and a masculine, day of filming made the a good use of pathetic
hard working male. fallacy. (the image of footage run parallel with the
theme). The 2 main props within the clip was the
cross that the character went a stroked and the
phone that awoke her in the morning.