Question 7

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

Final Thriller;

Looking back at our preliminary exercise then at our Thriller you can see a great amount of improvement in the quality of the sequences overall.
In our preliminary task we used very simple shots and there was a lack of variation between the shots.
However in our thriller, we tried to use as many shots as possible



Preliminary Task Long Shot

 

Preliminary Task Point Of View Shot



Preliminary Task Over Shoulder Shot





 



These are the three main shots we used during our Preliminary Task.

Looking back at it, it seems quite boring and not creative atall.



However For our Thriller we use a range of several shots that we believed were quite successful.



Extreme Close Up



Low Angle









High Angle



Through Bushes









Long Shot



Mid-Shot





Point Of View



Over Shoulder



These are just a few examples of some of the shots we used when filming our thriller; we thought this would make the thriller more interesting to watch and would make it look more professional.
By looking at our thriller in comparison to our preliminary task, you can tell that we thought about the positioning of the actor within to frameto try and create some effective shots.

Another tool that we used for our thriller that we didnt for our preliminary task is shot transitions. We used the 'fade to black' tnsistion several times, we used this when we were changing scenes, such as from the burning picture to Harley getting ready to go out.
SoundDuring our preliminary exercise we had some dialogue.. However when editing the clips together we found it hard to fix the cips and the words being said together so they made sense. Therefore, when filming our thriller we decided to have as little speech as possible so we wouldn't have that problem occur again.   



Something that still needs improving;In both our preliminary task and final Thriller project we have continuity errrors. Both of these errors could have been avoided if the footage that was recored was exactly how we wanted it. In the preliminary exercise, Harley kept laughing when talkin to the crowd of people, therefore we had to get several different shots and put them together. In our thriller, The scene where Harley is gettin her clothes out of her wardrobe was too loog, therefore we had to cut out the middle section to still have the footage of her opening and closing her wardrobe, we tried several times to get it perfect but we couldnt get her head in the same position, therefore the error had to be left there.