The document discusses what the author learned from their preliminary film project that helped them with their full thriller project. They learned about using camera angles to convey meaning, the importance of continuity and planning before shooting, following conventions like the 180-degree rule, and using generic conventions and intertextual references to make their thriller more professional. Learning editing basics from a peer and focusing on continuity during the shoot helped make their thriller shoot seamless.

1. THRILLER EVALUATION
QUESTION 7
Looking back at your
preliminary task, what do
you feel you have learnt in
the progression from it to
the full project?

2. In our preliminary task I learnt the basics of camera work and how to
use a camera angle or specific shot to connote a meaning such as low
angle representing power and dominance or high angle representing
weakness or close up representing intensity and adding an impact to
a specific area.
In our prelim I did my edit in a pair with another student who was
more competent with the editing process and I used this to my
advantage by learning off him which really helped me in me thriller
edit as I knew the basics of what to do and how to do it.
There was an importance placed on continuity in our preliminary task
which allowed me to focus on that in our actual shoot which is why
everything in our shoot matches up and there is very little areas
involving continuity.
In the prelim we had a lack of planning before shooting which
hindered us a lot but also taught me to place importance on it which
is what our group did before shooting so when we go to the actual
shooting process there was little time wasted which allowed us to get
each shot perfect and take multiple takes of each shot.

3. In our prelim we did not break the 180 degree rule which is important
and I followed through with this in my thriller shoot so it would seem
more professional and refined.
Using what I learnt on my prelim about working to a specific brief
really helped in my thriller shoot as it helped keep what we had to do
in check and I found this easy as I had practice at it in my prelim.

4. GENERIC CONVENTIONS AND
INTER-TEXTUAL REFERENCES
In our prelim we used some generic conventions such as narrow
corridors to connote a one way direction that the character can go
and black and white to represent light and dark. This allowed to add
generic conventions into my thriller shoot and edit such as
chiaroscuro lighting, different camera angles to connote meaning and
different shots to connote meaning.
I also used intertextual references in both of my shoots and edits
such as the kill bill zoom in my prelim and I followed that with the
hand slowly moving down the wall from Psycho in my thriller edit.