Evaluation 7

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

Immediately when we began the main task we put so much more thought and time into it. Each part of our main task has been crafted and fine tuned to the genre we chose. We have done a lot of research int the issues shown in our film and also thought so much deeper into the mis-en-scene. We spent more time creating the right atmosphere on our film using Premiere Elements and select days for filming.

After our Preliminary Task we were given some feedback. From this we learnt that we needed to put more thought into the sound and lighting. We also knew we needed a strong genre and plot which reflected this.

Although the main taks was much more work, it was easier in a way because we weren't restricted with the shot types that needed to be used. In the prelinary task we had to use shot/reverse shot, match on action and the 180 degree rule. This limited our choice of location and plot ideas. Our main task could be basically whatever we wanted, with very few restrictions.

Our first thoughts on what needed to be changed at the beginning of our main task were:
-Better acting
-Stronger plot
-Smoother camera work
-Better editing

We were much more professional about our main task and took it much more seriously. We made our film based around what we'd want to watch, thinking an audience similar to us would be the same.