7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
The purpose of the preliminary task was to show my understanding of cinematography and to get some experience with using the camera and tripod. In this short clip, I had to demonstrate several different camera angles whilst using dialogue. The cinematography my group tried to incorporate were; high angle, zooming in, over the shoulder, close up, tracking. When creating the preliminary task, I learnt how to use a camera and tripod, as well as executing the different camera angles, listed above. The preliminary task assisted me when planning and creating my own thriller film as it told me what not to do.
Firstly, we took too long filming a short amount of footage, and so we did not have enough time to edit the footage in class. Consequently, we had to come back in our free time to edit the footage. This was helpful as it told me that we needed to ensure we plan everything carefully and in detail in order to film and edit within the deadline. We did in fact manage to complete our final product before the deadline and the footage was all filmed efficiently. It also gave us some experience as to using the camera and using the editing software and so when we made out thriller clip, it was not foreign to us and we picked up and familiarised ourselves with it quickly and easily.
We gained an understanding of the types of cinematography that worked well and what did not; such as the tracking was good therefore we ended up including it in our thriller clip. From this task, I also learnt that we should ensure we plan what edits we want to use and why, instead of guessing and making it up at the editing stage to help base the edits around the footage so that it flows. We did this with the use of our storyboard which guided us through and assisted us when it came down to both the filming and the editing.
Firstly, we took too long filming a short amount of footage, and so we did not have enough time to edit the footage in class. Consequently, we had to come back in our free time to edit the footage. This was helpful as it told me that we needed to ensure we plan everything carefully and in detail in order to film and edit within the deadline. We did in fact manage to complete our final product before the deadline and the footage was all filmed efficiently. It also gave us some experience as to using the camera and using the editing software and so when we made out thriller clip, it was not foreign to us and we picked up and familiarised ourselves with it quickly and easily.
We gained an understanding of the types of cinematography that worked well and what did not; such as the tracking was good therefore we ended up including it in our thriller clip. From this task, I also learnt that we should ensure we plan what edits we want to use and why, instead of guessing and making it up at the editing stage to help base the edits around the footage so that it flows. We did this with the use of our storyboard which guided us through and assisted us when it came down to both the filming and the editing.
Your analysis of question 7, demonstrates a basic understanding of how your preliminary task assisted you with completing your thriller sequence. You have considered some of your strengths, for further examples and elaboration is needed, to extend your understanding further.
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