Evaluation 7

Looking back at my Preliminary task, I have learnt a lot about the production of films and how to make a successful opening. Doing the Preliminary Task gave me the opportunity to experiment with the technology, which I opted not to use, and the editing skills which I knew I would have to encounter at a greater detail for the opening two minutes. Another aspect where the Preliminary Task was useful, was knowing how to and when to use different shot types, this meant that for the final production I could evaluate whether a certain shot type would be appropriate for a certain place, or, if I could find a more effective shot type which would appear more sophisticated.

The Preliminary Task gave me an opportunity to experiment with different shot types. I have used some similar shot types for example the close up shot of a girl’s face which shows the emotion and feelings. in the Preliminary task i had it so that there was something going on in the background over her shoulder however i discovered that this distracted the audience and drew the attention away from the prominent character. i believe that it also looked bad because it added no dramatic effect. Therefore in my final film i made her face closer to the camera in order for it to fill the whole frame.

Additionally I used the same editing software and therefore could use similar techniques such as the fades and tools to make it slick and smooth. After editing the Preliminary Task together i noticed that the angle of the camera at this point was not accurate, which meant that it made the continuity disorientated and it did not fit together. I learnt from this that it would be difficult to produce a successful cut between the two shots because the angle of the camera needs to remain at the same level. It is also difficult to make the cut to the next shot accurate, because a different shot type will be used, which may not like effective in our film.