7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you
feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?
Here you need to
explain how you think you have progressed from the preliminary task to the main
task. You should discuss your development of technical skills – the use of
camera, sound editing, vision editing, your use of continuity editing and your
construction of character and story. Again, use screen grabs and make cross refs
to earlier blog entries).
Looking back at the preliminary I have learnt a variety of beneficial techniques that I will be able to
use in the future of AS media. But, when our group made the preliminary task I
and my group went through a range of difficulties such as research, planning
and filming throughout the progression. So in order to improve on our knowledge
and tom prepare for the main task we studied the rules of camera shots that are
the basis in thriller films. For example shot/reverse shot, match on action and
the 180 degree rule are the main 3 rules that must be followed in order to
achieve when filming. They can be found further down the blog for more
information on what they are. To ensure that our final opening looked
professional we followed these rules to gain the most marks we could.
When we
came to planning and filming our main goal of all was to make the opening
sequence contain tension to the audience. In order to show that, we learnt a
variety of ways that each played a vital role in the opening sequence.
To do this is what I did:
I learnt how
the impact in lighting can affect the tone and mood in the film which I got to
experience when planning as we tested a variety of lights to see what they
would do. However when filming the main task we used very lighting as the
majority of our film was set outside in the woods where the sun was the main
source of light. By using a range of different lighting and light filters I learnt they are
an important part of filming and an improved way to change or create the
atmosphere to the audience. For example, filming in a dark place particularly
the shed at the start we were not able to see much of the characters/objects in
the area. But by using the right lighting you are able to see the objects or
characters and be able to create a specific tone in the atmosphere by either
using light filters or making the light dimmer. But when we filmed indoors we would use very little lighting to
show very little of the antagonist’s face to create the enigma idea upon “who
is he?” to the audience and the idea of the unknown to create pressure.
Camera:
Secondly, the camerawork and camera skills that I did in the preliminary
have improved. They were improved by taking time in lessons to practice and
using a variety of different camera positions and angles which can give not
only a better look but a different perspective in a sequence such as the mood
and atmosphere. In our planning the following camera angles and
movements I have experimented with are; pans, tracking, over the shoulder,
different high and low angles, close up, longs shots and eye level.
Video Editing Techniques
In my
opinion, my
video editing skills have improved since the preliminary due to the fact
that I've learned a range of new techniques such as how to input transitions
particularly the fade and wipe as they were important so that they would show
flashbacks between the present day. Also I got to experiment on video and sound
filters which have been used throughout our thriller film opening as we would
input royalty free music that were diegetic and we would add intense music
which were set as non-diegetic purposes for the audience to experience the
mood. Furthermore I had to use correction on the colour due to the light from
the sun affecting every shot so I would balance all the shots out and also to
make sure that the colours matched the mood of our shots.
Constructing The Character
When planning, we had to consider the following of our protagonist
character such as the age and gender as they would both determine and have an
impact on which our target audience for the sequence would be for. In the end
we decided that our character would be a female age 18 who goes on jog but
throughout her run begins to suffer from vision in her head for an unknown
reason (the enigma)
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