Since i produced my Preliminary task i have learnt a lot about the performing, shooting and editing. the preliminary task helped me realize what was needed to be done for the production of my media product. We didn't have a lot of time to plan and shoot our Preliminary task so our story boards were rushed and not precise enough, so when it came to the performance the actor wasn't quite sure what to do. It was also our first time with the cameras so we weren't 100% confident with filming. Our group in the preliminary task didn't work too constructively together so when it came it the film production i made sure that each person in the group had an equal amount of work and contribution to the product. In essence i took the role of the producer.
The preliminary task taught me that we needed to be more organized with our film, and to take more care with the filming. For our filming we decided to each take on different roles, we all took part in the planning however when it came to editing and filming we all did different things. Jade and I filmed the opening of the film which was then edited by Tom, we all took part in the decisions that were made about the film, which caused some conflict now and then but was soon resolved after more ideas were put forward. When it came to the planning of our film Tom had the main plot idea which we decided to take on however each group member added their own ideas into it for example my idea was to have the bunsen burners on flickering in the science room to give it a more eery and creepy feeling. As our Prelim didn't have any conventions to meet it was a lot easier to plan however for our opening we had to research many films so it would meet the generic conventions of a typical teen horror.
When it came to the editing of the product we all gave each other constructive criticism on what we thought would look better and more effect on the film for example fading out of the first scene of the corridor into the second scene in the classroom, because we added the fading effect the title of the film looks a lot more effective with the viewer seeing nothing but the title they are more likely to remember the name of the film (Psych 1). Our Prelim did not have any titles so it wasn't memorable or even identifiable by the audience.
The Preliminary task taught me many things such as continuity, the 180 degree rule and the fact that you need actors who can actually act and not mess around. It also taught me that whilst filming i also so need to lead in and lead out for a couple of seconds to get a decent shot as well as taking several shots of the same scene so that when it comes to editing i will have a couple of decent shots instead of having to go out and re-film certain shots. The difference between my prelim and film is that the prelim was filmed on the same day within a couple of hours so we didn't have to worry about continuity or cast/crew being able to make it whereas for the film we had to work around everyone else's lives which meant there weren't many times we could actually work and film. We also had the trouble of continuity when everyone was at school and we were able to film cast members were wearing different clothes so we were unable to film them and only take location shots. The film was also a lot more interesting to shoot as it was entertaining unlike the prelim which was a simple task of filming a character open a door and start a conversation. As there was no genre or criteria for the prelim we also found it harder and less interesting as we didn't have any objectives to hit.
After we filmed our prelim we realized that the script was highly unbelievable with the Norfolk accent not helping either, for this reason we decided not too add any dialogue to our horror opening. As we had no dialogue in our opening we decided to build up suspense within the plot by adding music with different beats and from different genres at the correct points for example the heavy rock music while the chase takes place.
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