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Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IZURIBeTg0

 

Looking back at the prelim I think I have learnt a lot from that task. When I was doing it, I struggled with some of the parts like filming action shots. For example someone walking, someone picking something up, things like this, so when I started filming I wanted to make sure that I didn’t limit myself with the shots that I wanted to do. I wasn’t very happy with how my prelim went to be honest because I felt like it didn’t flow very well, each time the shots were different to the one before, meaning it looked very unprofessional and poor. A good thing about the project was that I learnt how to use the equipment before only learning on a production we were being assessed on. This took some pressure of me as I knew what everything did. In my prelim I used match on action when an actor walked through a door and I filmed him from 3 different angles and shots. The first was from behind when he walked up and opened the door, the second was a close up of the actor opening the handle of the door with his hand, the last was a shot from inside the room he was walking into through the door, when I edited it I made sure I used all of those 3 shots in that order. In my most recent production I used match on action when one of the actors opened a car door and like the prelim I did the same 3 shots. I also used the 180 degree rule in my prelim for the whole conversation. In my film I used it in the car when a conversation between the passenger and the driver .Firstly, I have learnt how to film with different techniques such as close ups, long shots and others. This has helped my production a lot because I can get a wide range of shots. Also I have learnt what to film, things like match-on-action, lighting and other key components like this. I’ve learnt how to film match-on-action by experimenting with different shots. In my prelim I didn’t know how to film with different lighting and how to stop lighting affecting the shot. I have also learnt that it is very important to make a storyboard before you start filming. This is because it saves you loads of time and effort because you already know what you’re going to film before you even film. Another important thing I have learnt is to write a full script before you start filming. In my prelim I didn’t do this and I paid the price when I got to filming and no one knew what to say including myself. This can also save time and effort.