Evaluation: Question 6

What have I learnt in the progression from the preliminary task to the final product?

I think that improvements have definitely been made from our preliminary task to our final film opening. In our first attempt we came across many issues and things we could improve on but I think that overall we learnt from this and it helped us to progress further. 

 Time management and organisation

In our preliminary task, as we were only working from a storyboard and script, our day of filming was unstructured and unorganised which we later realised was our first mistake. To avoid this in our final production, we used a filming journal and itinerary that kept us on track and everything running smoothly. Each scene was allocated a filming time which meant we were able to start and finish in good time without the unnecessary stress of improper planning and the effect of this on the cast and crew. Instead there was less pressure and filming was organised and calm. 

Mariya and I also took into consideration that our filming day might not go completely to plan and to combat this we added time at the end of our day to allow for any unfinished scenes or shots to be retaken (for whatever reason) so that all of our clips were of the best quality. We did this because in our Preliminary task we had to use shots and angles that we didn't necessarily like or want as we ran out of time and actors had to go home etc. 

Sound

There was a lot of noticeable differences between our preliminary task and our main task finished product. We used Adobe Premiere for our editing stage on both our prelim and main task as it was best suited for experimentation, offering so many different features, effects and options.
When working on our preliminary task we encountered an issue with sound. When the clip started off the actors voice could be heard clearly but when it changed to a different angle, it was difficult to hear what the two characters were saying. However this meant that when it came to a similar issue in our Main Task, we simply used the 'Audio' option and altered the soundtrack volume in certain areas so that it could be heard but didn't drown out the background music.

Transitions

In our preliminary task we had no transition effects as we hadn't explored adobe premiere fully yet but by the time it came to our main task we'd had time to look at and play around with different transitions. However, for our final product we kept to the dip to black as it meant the clips flowed well and it kept a slow pace and added suspense.


 

Any mistakes made in our Preliminary task turned out to be beneficial in the completion of our main task. They made me improve on my time management and organisation in our final task, which meant that the filming/editing process would be calmer and easier and that the final product was of higher quality, appealing to our target audience in all the right ways.