Evaluation 7-What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from the Preliminary Task to the full product

From the Preliminary task I learnt a number of different things about how to make a film, such as how to plan it, how to film it and how to edit it.

Planning:
The planning in our preliminary was very important we had to make sure our short film fit all the criteria, it had a plot and we had made sure it was safe to film. We made storyboards  and in this we had to think about characters, settings, and how they all would fit back to our plot. We also had to do a risk assessment before filming to  make sure nothing went wrong. Our risk assessment included hazards such as damaging the equipment and falling over props. We also thought of ways to avoid these hazards such as being aware of your surroundings and sensible at all times.

Filming:
In our filming we had to fit three criteria. We had to remember to use three camera work techniques. These included; match-on-action, 180 rule  and a variety of simple shot types such as long shots, mid shots and close ups.  


We used the 180 rule when using shot reverse shot. We did this well, and achieved the first criteria, however it was done very simply and boring to watch. There were no camera angles or variety of shots, we simply fit the criteria and left it.

However we then used these skills in our final product and progressed them to improve the use of them, we used this skill alongside adding a variety of camera shots. We also made the cuts quicker and sharper between each shot so it looked more realistic and of a better quality. The main thing we had learnt to improve from our preliminary was using numerous camera shots. In our final film we added shots such as tracking, high angles and low angles as well extreme close ups. This made our film more interesting to watch. Another shot we used in our final film was an establishing shot of the 6th form to show the setting which is relatable to our target audience. 

Another thing we had to improve from our preliminary was framing. It was obvious from our preliminary that it wasn't at a good standard, we had objects such as the bins and school posters in shot and that didn't fit with the plot of our short film. We improved greatly however in our final film making sure every shot didn't have anything that would affect the realism. 

The Mise-en-Scene in our preliminary task was average but we focused in more detail in our film. Characters and costumes in our preliminary task weren't very thought through we just used whatever clothes that the actors were wearing that day, this affected the realism of the film and made it very unbelievable.We learnt from this in our preliminary task and made sure that each character in our final film costumes' fit their personality.I feel because of the mistakes in our preliminary task it helped us improve greatly on our final film and ensured we didn't make the same mistakes when it really mattered.

In our preliminary our Match on action was average, it was quite boring and dull. We improved this in our final film by cutting any unnecessary footage. We wouldn't have been able to do this however if we hadn't learn how to cut footage during our preliminary.