The producer discusses how the preliminary film title sequence task helped prepare them for the main film production. It helped them learn basic filming and editing skills like camera angles, shots, and creating titles. While the preliminary location and costumes were limited, it helped them realize areas to improve for the final project, such as choosing a location that better fit the dark theme. The preliminary also helped them learn editing software and basic effects, but they gained more experience with lighting, color correction, and advanced effects for the final product.

1. A transcript of a radio show of a conversation between the radio show host and the
producer of a recent film title sequence about the importance of his preliminary task
Question 7
Interviewer: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have
learnt in the progression to the main task?
Producer:The preliminary task helped to create a good first impression for the
production of film. Giving the group the start of the road to the final product.
Helping us to learn the ropes of performing filming and editing allowing us to learn
and to increase our ability. Learning conventional camera shots angles and
movements and editing as well as creating titles. Therefore the preliminary task
help to form the foundations of our knowledge
Interviewer: How did the preliminary task help you with planning your product, for
example the location?
Producer: During our preliminary we had not thought of our location, so I decided to
try and find a dark street with the right aesthetics to create the dark, isolated feel.
Looking back I could have thought more about the location for the preliminary task
to allow myself to get a better judgment on the setting for my final piece.
Interviewer: What areas did the preliminary task help to improve or structure the
final piece?
Producer: Another area of Mise-en-scene is the costumes. In the preliminary tasks
we added small pieces of clothing such as a jacket to create the costumes to help to
create the stereotypes of the characters we portrayed. However these clothes were
very plain and dull. For the real product I advanced the choices from the preliminary
and chose costumes that would help to create verisimilitude. The hooded teen wore
a hooded sweatshirt and jeans and the murderer a trench coat and other dark
clothing. These were also used to help represent the character and their stereotype.
Interviewer: Was the preliminary task helpful for all aspects of the construction?
Producer: I also put very little thought into the lighting of the scenes in the
preliminary tasks. I shot it in natural daylight and indoors. When I filmed my real
production I chose to film outside at nighttime. This was used to create the dark
theme. I also edited some of the shot so that the murderer was barely visible
however in the preliminary task I did not focus at all on lighting.
Interviewer: Did the preliminary help with the editing of the final product?
Producer: When in post production on my preliminary task I focused mostly on
cutting together the clips and adding titles using iMovie, in order to create a
narrative. However to help the transition to final cut express I watched some

2. tutorial help videos on YouTube to help learn how to adjust colour, lighting and
other effects. I also put affects on the titles to help to create the dark effect with the
text.