Evaluation

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

Well, the preliminary task was a quick, and simple task. The shots used in the preliminary were very basic, involving a close up of  match on action, mid shots, over the shoulder shots and a little bit of dialect, that was rather easy compared to the challenges I had to face when filming the full product.

Since the preliminary task I have learnt many different and complex shot types, including tracking shots, high angle shots, low angle shots etc.. As I was filming a film opening I know I would have to add a variety of different shot types into it so i had to learn them all and practice filming these types of shots in order to film them to the best of my ability when it came to the real thing.

With the preliminary it was so quick and wasn't taken so serious but when it came to the real product I focused solely on perfecting each shot to make it look as professional as i could, on the way learning how to use a Tri-pod, in order to make each shot steady and not shake as it would if i was filming with the camera in my hand.

Also in the preliminary there was no editing involved so one thing I have learned since then would be using the editing programmes to edit clips to make them as clean and professional as possible. Without the editing programmes my film opening would be unprofessional and basically would just have lots of cuts going to the next scene instead of doing it professionally and making clips fade in to one another etc..