Question 7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I can see a big difference between the Preliminary Task and the Final Product in many different aspects.


This is my Preliminary Task.


This is my Final Task.


Continuity: The continuity in my Preliminary Task is good, but in the Final Product it has greatly improved. This is down to cinematography and editing. In my head throughout filming I was always thinking how to piece the shots together, like where the last shot ended, where and how the character was standing etc. The fact that I thought about this made it much easier to edit in iMovie when I got to that stage.


Camera Shots/Angles: In my Preliminary Task we went for the basic shot types and angles but in the Final Product we have been much more adventurous, using a wide variety of camera shots and angles that we use to portray a message to the audience. This makes our final task much more interesting and hooks the audience in.


Audience: We didn't have to think about audience for our Preliminary Task but for Final Product we did have to think about audience. We had to aim at a specific target audience and this means I have developed a greater understanding of what appeals to certain audiences, forcing us to make a choice of what audience to appeal to.


We had to have in mind the 180 degree rule because if you break this rule it can really confuse the audience and the character/setting will be jumping around the shot. In both pieces I feel that the 180 degree rule hasn't been broken and is kept solid throughout. 


Match on action is used correctly in both pieces also. The cut between shots is perfect in both pieces, making the use of the match on action successful in both. Match on action was part of the criteria for the Preliminary Task but we decided to use it in our final piece also.


Shot/Reverse shot is used mainly in the Preliminary Task as it was a criteria for it, however we use a Shot/Reverse shot once in our final piece, and this is when I open the garage door. Shot/Reverse shot is primarily used for conversations between two people and our final piece doesn't have a conversation in it, but we still used it once.