Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task),

what do you feel you have learnt in progression from it to the full

product

IN THIS PRESENTATION I WILL BE CATEGORISING CAMERAWORK, EDITING, ORGANISATION AND SOUND

INTO MY KEY FOUR PROGRESSION STAGES

CAMERAWORK In the preliminary task the sole focus was to integrate

three camera shots; match on action, shot-reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.

Because of this guidance I felt less free than when filming my opening sequence as I didn’t have a completely free role and the range of shots I could implement in my opening sequence were limited.

Here are some of the shots seen in my preliminary task:

Here are some of the shots seen in my Opening Sequence:

• As you can see from these shots, they are all in a higher quality and are more aesthetically pleasing.

EDITING For my preliminary task I spent around 2-3 hours to edit everything

and place a soundtrack that would fit. For my opening sequence it was at least double this.

I found that editing was much harder for my opening sequence as there were more rushes to choose from and I was motivated to make it as good as possible (I wasn’t motivated like this for the preliminary exercise).

I enjoyed editing my opening sequence more as I wanted to overcome difficulties and learn things to maximise my product.

The production of ‘Score’ is more aesthetically pleasing and entertaining for viewers and you can see clear evidence showing the great amount of time put into it.

I learnt a great deal more about using Final Cut Pro and I went into the editing of my product with a taster from doing the preliminary exercise, this gave me a head start.

SOUND In my preliminary task I came across a song from watching

a time lapse video on youtube. It worked well with my story so decided to go with it.

Adding to the dialogue from the conversation at the start of my task I added dialogue over the video to give it more meaning and sense to viewers, with feedback displaying that my video didn’t really make sense originally.

Originally, I did have dialogue in my opening sequence but I felt that emphasis should be on the music and shots synchronising.

As for the soundtrack choice, it was a long and hard journey to find a suitable song. It turned out to be the right one and I learnt spending a long time researching will allow for a greater informed decision and my patience was tested in the process.

ORGANISATION The organisation for my preliminary task was much easier with

my brother playing a secondary role to myself. We spent one day filming as opposed to about 3-4 for my opening sequence. The filming equipment was also limited with a basic video camera and tripod only being at my disposal.

I learnt a few things from an organisational aspect. On the one day of filming my preliminary, the camera run out towards the end, before I had got all the shots I wanted.

This did not happen for my opening sequence as I brought batteries with me and I was much more organised.

I also had to ask Barnes Film Academy to borrow some filming equipment (e.g. crane, slider, smoke machine etc) and ask for Arthur and Max to play roles which required them to give up time on their own work.