1) For their prelim project, the author's group did little planning and research before filming and everyone was new to using the camera equipment, which led to problems during filming. 2) Their filming skills improved for the final project, as they planned locations, costumes, and storyboarded their film in advance. Their camerawork was better with different shot types. 3) The author's editing skills were not very developed for the prelim but improved for the final project, where they learned to use Final Cut Pro more effectively and add motion graphics.

1. What have I learnt?
Prelim
Research and Planning
For our prelim we didn’t do much planning and went straight into filming without the research.
My prelim was the breakfast club and what we done was watch the opening done few notes and
started filming, we didn’t do in depth research and everyone in my group was still very new
around the equipment and what to do. It was a slow but we managed to do it.
Filming skills
Everyone on in my group when we were filming my prelim was very new to the camera
equipment and we had to basic skills but some people in my group weren’t too good with
camera work as I done media in year 9 I had more of an idea but still not everyone was
confident. We faced a few problems like getting the right shot and we still weren’t happy with
some of our shot types in our prelim. We learnt about the basic camera shot types such as Mid
shot, close up, extreme close up, wide shot. Futhermore, we learnt camera movements such as
pan, tilt, tracking, zooming.
Editing Skills
My editing skills weren’t up to scratch, and it was hard to use final cut pro Kat a member of my
group volunteered to do most of the editing as she enjoys it. We used to timetoast for the order
of titles so we had the correct skills for title sequence.

2. What have I learnt?Final Piece
Research and Planning
For my final piece there was a lot of in depth planning. Before we could do anything we had to
present a pitch to see if our film would work so we had to do a lot a planning preparing for teen film
opening. We had to plan the mise-en-scene for example we planned the locations, costumes. Before
we could start we also had to research what sound were going to use. So we know what were going
to do we had we made a storyboard which we then made into an animation film. Compared to my
prelim this had loads pre planning and we knew exactly what were doing and what shot types. We
did do a storyboard for the prelim so we had the right skills but the framing was much better in our
final piece.
Filming skills
Our camerawork compared to prelim was much better we had loads of better shot types and we did
pan shots of when the girls on are on their way to college and at different angles for example, the
scene where grace jumps up out of her seat and falls to the group it is a very low angle shot. We
made sure the camera was focused so we had clear and better quality shot.
Editing Skills
In editing we all had to go, we used Final Cut Pro to put together our teen film and we used jump
cuts which had few problems with when were filming our prelim but now we were able to do it. I
also learnt how to use to motion and how to add it into Final Cut Pro. My skills were much more
developed this time as I learnt the right skills to use final cut pro making my final piece much better
quality.