Evaluation

7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what have you learnt in the progression from it to full product?

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jwSm3q-ALZw - AS MEDIA FINAL PIECE

Problems encountered with preliminary piece

We encountered many problems when we first began filming for our media preliminary task. We did not know how to use the cameras so learning how to operate them efficiently to do the filming was a stuggle however we over came this from the help of online tutorials.
We also found it hard to use the editing software, SonyVegas. We had never come across this complex editing software before so it was an issue understanding the controls and how to edit our piece correctly.
We also had problems when finishing the editing we posted the video as a final piece, before realising the sound had messed up. After discussing this with my partner we decided this was down to careless editing and no knowledge of small factors that could effect our piece.
Also we found when looking back on our work jump cutting occured twice in which two different piece's of footage have been put together or where the camera position has been moved, this is down to poor camera work and editing.

Examples of improvement
I felt we improved largely when producing our final piece, in comparison to the first piece we did. To begin with there was a lot wider range of camera shots, meaning we were learning about different angles and their effects during the filming period.
Also we learnt how to use Sony Vegas so the editing was better than our preliminary. For example the change of scenes, there was no jump cutting, we used a tool on the software programme to fade shots in and out to create a tense atmosphere.
It also had better sound quality, in our final piece there was no cutting off of sounds or sounds misplaced where they shouldn't be. We even managed to edit in artificial wave sounds with the slow shots of the sea.
Furthermore we used titles in this piece, which made it seem like it had more of a purpose for the preliminary seemed like a messy piece of filming with no purpose. The titles helped our film fit the genre and also address our audience.


Skills we have also improved on

• The presenting of film documents such as a shooting schedule, scripts and also storyboards. This meant we were more organised and could be more pecific when adddressing our actors, and also the actors were more informed in comparison to our poor preliminary task which lacked organisation
• Our uses of shots within filming. From doing our final piece we have become more confident when using the camera and more experimental with shots to creat effects and help fit our genre of horror.