The document discusses the improvements made from the preliminary task (continuity editing) to the full opening sequence product. Seven key areas were improved: 1) Match-on-action was faster and smoother. 2) Variety of shots was increased for more interest. 3) Mise-en-scene elements were hidden better. 4) Audio volume was better balanced. 5) A focus pull was used effectively to add tension. 6) Camera work relied more on tripods for smoother shots. 7) Color correction addressed lighting changes from location to location. Overall, lessons from the preliminary task led to a polished, more engaging opening sequence.

1. Question 7
Looking back at your preliminary task
(continuity editing), what do you feel
you have learnt in the progression
from it to the full product?

2. In this short video I will be look at how I
progressed from my prelim task to the
opening sequence. There are 7 things
that I improved on. They are:
• Match-on-action
• Lighting
• Variety of shots
• Mise-en-scene
• Audio
• Focus pull
• Camera work
• Colour correction

3. In our prelim our use of match on
action was very poor. We used it to film
the character Drew opening the door
to get into Dons office. However we
focused on the door knob for far to
long and overall it took Drew to much
time to open the door.
Therefore in our opening sequence we
learnt from this and our match on
action was much better. We sped it up
to create verisimilitude. The timing of
the shots put together were perfect so
overall looked much better than the
prelim match on action.

4. In our prelim task we used professional
lighting in the green screen room at
school. This allowed us to remove the
any shadows as we wanted to use film
noir for the majority of the video.
However, in our opening sequence we
did not film in school so therefore didn’t
have the opportunity to use the
professional lights. We had to rely on
natural light in and outside the house.
On one of the days we were meant to
refilm we couldn’t as it was much darker
outside than the shots we had taken the
week before. However this wasn’t a
huge problem as we just refilmed two
days later instead. We the used colour
correction on Adobe Premier to make it
look light or darker.

5. In our prelim task I wasn’t happy with the
variety of shots. Although we did use high
and low angle shots, the majority were just
mid shots. This made the prelim a little
boring.
Therefore we made sure in our opening
sequence we used a lot of different shots
and camera angles. This makes it more
interesting for the audience. For example
we used a wide shot when the burglar
was walking to the house, and used shot
match on action to reveal the number the
policeman found.

6. Mise en scene was not very good in our
prelim. Although we tried to make it as
realistic as possible, it was hard to film a
film noir scene in a school with
technology such as computers. In some
shot there were computers in the
background which gives it away that it
wasn’t filmed in the 1950’s, however we
did the best we could with the location
we had available.
Whereas in our opening sequence we
made sure everything was right and that
items that shouldn’t be on view were
hidden. For example in one of our shots
you could see the tripod in the
background, so as we edited our rough
cut, we noticed this and was able to
refilm it.

7. In my audience feedback from our prelim we
found that our audio (the song we used in the
background) was to loud and was therefore
taking over the action.
We made sure in our thriller that any audio used
was the right volume. We did have a loud
sound effect as the murderer appeared over
the burglars shoulder, however this worked to
good effect as it added a lot of tension to the
video.

8. We did use a focus pull in both our prelim task and
our opening sequence. However in the prelim it
wasn’t really effective as it was a dark scene so
couldn’t really see it. Also it wasn’t really needed.
We just used it as we knew we had to.
On the other hand the focus pull in our thriller
worked well. It revealed the two dead bodies tied
up in the room the burglar walks past. This was a
great way of revealing this to the audience, adding
a lot of tension. We got some good audience
feedback about that shot.

9. Lastly some of the camera work in our
prelim was not up to the standard it
should have been. We did not use the
tripod as much as we should have done.
This meant that some of the shots we
shaky, ruining the verisimilitude of the
scene.
In our opening sequence we used he
tripod in the majority of our shots,
including the panning shot of the burglar
walking. There was however one shot
when Will had to walk with the camera in
his hands to follow the detective walking
into the room to see the body. This took a
couple of shots as some of them were
shaky. However we learnt the importance
of a still, smooth shot from our prelim and
therefore reflimed until we got it right.