Evaluation - Question 7

Looking back at our preliminary task, we have learnt several things in the progression from the full product.

Pre-production

For our pre-production, we had to plan the prelim before we started any practical work. In order to plan out our prelim, we created a storyboard.

We feel that this storyboard compared to our thriller storyboard, is much more detailed. If we were to improve one thing about our thriller project, we would have definitely improved our storyboard as storyboards are what defines a film.

Production

Our camera skills during the production of our prelim were not to our best standards. We realised this after looking back at the prelim. This mistake made us realise as a group that we had to definitely improve our camera skills for our thriller.

For example, in the end shot of our prelim, we positioned the camera incorrectly which resulted into a wonky shot.
Also, our prelim was not supposed to show that it was filmed in the classroom, as it was a jail scene. This made us realise that we did not capture the correct mise en scene.












However, realising in our prelim we did not film the shot properly, we made sure that in our thriller, we captured a straight shot.
The mise en scene of our thriller was set in the woods and we succeeded in showing that.

Lighting

The lighting in some parts of our prelim was too dark, making it difficult to see what was happening.

Compared to our prelim, the lighting in our thriller was up to good standards. We filmed in the woods, where the weather was mildly sunny, which benefitted us.

Editing

Compared to our prelim, the titles used in our thriller were much better. They were positioned in different corners of the screen rather than the middle. This allowed us to see the footage better.

This is one of the titles in our thriller. Compared to the titles in our prelim, (the image below), it is presented more formally.

180 degree rule

 In terms of the 180 degree rule, we believe we have followed that rule in both of our footages.

Sound
For our prelim, the only sound that was used was the dialogue. However, the dialogue could not be heard properly. In comparison to this, in our final film we avoided dialogue and we used backing track made on Soundtrack Pro. This helped reinforce the genre of our film.

Overall

 Throughout the process of filming both films, as a group we have learnt how to progress in the world of film. Our use of the camera has heavily improved as we captured perfect shots in our thriller. In terms of editing, we have learnt a lot as our thriller was heavily edited compared to our prelim. Overall we definitely believe our professionalism in film has improved significantly.