Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

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

3. To use locations away from
the school environment
In the preliminary, the
basement of the school
building was used. Although
it was a good setting for this,
it was still based in the
school environment.
However, for the final
project, the harbour of the
local area was used
including the pier. This
meant that we could be
more creative with location
and would better fit our

4. To use actors that are not
in our group
In the preliminary, the actors were all members of
the group. This meant that we could not all
decide as a group if we like the positioning of a
shot before filming it and would have to film it first
and then deliberate.
By using more actors from outside the group in
the final project, each member was able to look
at the positioning of the shot before it was filmed.
This meant that some members had more input
in the filming stages.

5. To use costumes that suit
the character’s personality
Originally, school uniforms
were used as the costumes
for the preliminary, which did
not fit the characters
personalities.
In the final project, costumes
were organised to fit the
character type and to ensure
that it was easier to
distinguish who each

6. To ensure that our piece fits
more to the thriller conventions
In our preliminary, we discovered that our filming
followed the conventions of horror more than the
conventions of the thriller genre. Although it is
good to challenge conventions, it was difficult to
recognise that it was supposed to be a thriller
sequence.
In our final project, we adopted the features of
the thriller genre more clearly and our storyline is
definitely better suited to the thriller genre. This
means that the audience of our opening
sequence can identify the genre easier.

7. To be more creative with
the soundtrack
For the preliminary, a track that was used in ‘The
Shining’ was used as it had some tense sections
in the track but also was very unique.
However, for the final project, Garageband was
used to create a unique track for the opening
sequence. Loops were used to layer the track so
that it started slightly tense but then became
even more tense as it progressed.
Music used in Preliminary
Soundtrack created for
final project