We first started planning our preliminary task to get an idea of how we wanted the task to look and what the end result would be. I was reasonably inexperienced when it came to filming techniques when i first started the preliminary task. We learned different shot types such as close ups, long shots, mid shots, etc. We played around with various shot types until we felt comfortable with the way the camera worked and how the shots felt.During the planning stage we learnt to create a shot list and storyboard to help support the narrative and plan the order of the shots. Our Storyboard was clearly laid out and displayed how we wanted the shots to look and the order in which they went in. The shot list displayed what shots we wanted to take and a simple description of what it will display.
We researched into things such as the Rule of Thirds and the 180 Degree Rule. Rule of Thirds is key as it shows where the audiences focus is and allows me to point the audience in the direction that i want them to. The 180 Degree Rule was helpful to research as it allowed me to see if my film was correct in the way which it looked. The is important as it could help for conversation scenes or if a character is looking at something in particular, then that object/character will be accurate in the way it would be directed.
Me and my group worked well together. We had similar ideas and images in our head of what we wanted the end result to look like. We all carefully planned and researched several different films and themes so we could get a good idea of what we wanted to see and film. We put this planning and research together and formed a general plan of what the film would be called; what it would look like; how it would sound and the plot of the film.
In the preliminary task we got the hang of match-on-action technique quickly. This effective and shows a great transition in shots. As you can see on right, we used match-on-action for when the character was seen walking around the corner and it worked very successfully.
This was very effective in my final product as well as it was clean and sleek. It helped add an eerie effect to our film as it was a smooth transition which worked well with other factors such as sound. The match-on-action seen in our preliminary task had very clean editing, this carried on through-out the process into my final product,
The editing in my preliminary task was generally pretty clean and well-transitioned with its editing. It used good cutting to show emotion of characters faces (conversation as seen in the preliminary task) and the match-on-action. The match-on-action in my final product is also used very effectively. The practice in the preliminary task helped with smooth editing in my final product and the practice in early stages definitely contributed towards the quality of the final product.
The planning of shots didn't exactly match the shooting. Shooting was altered to new ideas being implemented which benefited the production overall.
Sound was not used much in the preliminary task as we only had a simple backing track. This is a lot different to the final product that use a backing-track and multiple smaller sounds to create effect. I learnt a lot with sound from the experience as its difficult to balance sound levels with the different tracks to create a clean, smooth overall finish. Sound could have been a big issue due to splice cuts, however this was sorted by spending time and effect perfecting them to fit with the overall theme and look of the final product.
Overall i have learned a lot to do with editing and filming techniques. At the beginning of the process my skills were not at good as they are now, i learnt a lot and can now use sound, editing and filming techniques, to create a successful, overall finish to my final product.
