Question 7

Question 7 

''Looking back on your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?''

When looking back on my preliminary task that I completed at the beginning of the year i can see the progress I have made since which has helped in the production of my final product. When I first started I had little knowledge of what each shot type was and how to use them to their full potential. Since then I have improved my skills and i now know the correct terminology for each and how to use them appropriately. During the filming of my preliminary task I learnt about the 180 degree rule, match on action, shot/reverse shot, continuity editing and how to frame a steady shot. When I had used these shot types in my preliminary task at the beginning of the year, I used them in a basic format but did not push the skills further. Since this task I feel I have pushed these skills along when producing my final product.

During the time that I have spent since the preliminary task I have seen my progress in the use of match on action. When I first used match on action I wasn't entirely sure how to use it properly so the shots where it is used arent as clear. In comparison to this, when I used match on action in my final product it was clearer as to what  type of shot has been used. This shows my development in the understanding of how to film and edit a video clip in a professional way.


 

In this clip we see Aaron looking at Darren who is asleep on the desk. We then get a shot of Aaron's puzzled facial expression as he is talking to Darren trying to wake him up as he is late. After this we get a final shot of Darren again from Aaron's point of view as he is waking up from his sleep. These shots are slightly shakey which throughout the time that I have had to produce my final I have improved. They have also improved in the way that we view the shots as now in my final piece they are a lot clearer.




As there was no dialogue in our piece because we wanted to use sound to create the atmosphere, we only used match on action when the main character was in the bath. This clip shows the main character casually having his bath going about his normal, daily life and we don't think anything of it. We then see a shot of a blank ceiling for a long period of time as if it was shot from the characters point of view. After we have focused on this for a while it goes back to the shot of the character in the bath where blood suddenly drips on him. This is an example of where my knowledge of match on action has increased as the shot is pretty clear to what it is and the shots are not as shakey as they appear in my preliminary task.




Throughout the process since the preliminary task I have developed my skills in continuity editing. As you can see the main character first grabs the pills that stop his hallucinations and opens up the box. There is then a different shot where he takes them and breathes. The two shots where cleanly edited together so that the two shots looked like they run smoothly into each other. This has improved a lot since my preliminary task as before you could tell they were three different camera shots.




In this clip the editing is not as smooth so the two clips do not run clearly into each other. When looking at this clip in comparison to the other you can see a great contrast in the skills that I have improved on. You can tell in this clip that they were three different shots taken at different times.