Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I found the preliminary task very useful. It allowed making mistakes and learning from them, it was a good preparation for our main production.
For example, before we did our preliminary task, we didn’t know how to use a tripod. Our teacher showed us how to use it, but when we actually went out to film it was very interesting to explore it. We learnt how to film a pan, tilt and a steady shot. We have also learnt about continuity, match on action and the 180 degree rule. This is the first thing that we had to think about when we filmed our preliminary task so we knew that this is definitely something we have to consider when filming the main production.We thought that the filming is easy and we tried to rush it, but as soon as we did the first shot we realised that it’s not that easy. We had to move the camera every time we wanted to film a different shot, sometimes the actors didn’t do what they were supposed to. So we learnt that we have to be patient and that filming takes time.
During our journey from the preliminary task to the full product we realised how important the use of shots is. It is important to use the right combination of different camera shots and angles to transmit to the audience exactly what you want them to feel.Also, from the research and planning we learnt how important it is to know about your genre and the conventions of it so you can start to build our own product.
In the beginning we thought that we could go and film just with ideas in our heads, but as we went along we realised that storyboards and scripts are much needed. We filmed our preliminary task without a storyboard because we didn’t realise how important it was and we wasted a lot of time wondering around and making things up on the spot. We used a storyboard in our main production and it helped us be more organised and get things done quicker with better quality.
For example, before we did our preliminary task, we didn’t know how to use a tripod. Our teacher showed us how to use it, but when we actually went out to film it was very interesting to explore it. We learnt how to film a pan, tilt and a steady shot. We have also learnt about continuity, match on action and the 180 degree rule. This is the first thing that we had to think about when we filmed our preliminary task so we knew that this is definitely something we have to consider when filming the main production.We thought that the filming is easy and we tried to rush it, but as soon as we did the first shot we realised that it’s not that easy. We had to move the camera every time we wanted to film a different shot, sometimes the actors didn’t do what they were supposed to. So we learnt that we have to be patient and that filming takes time.
During our journey from the preliminary task to the full product we realised how important the use of shots is. It is important to use the right combination of different camera shots and angles to transmit to the audience exactly what you want them to feel.Also, from the research and planning we learnt how important it is to know about your genre and the conventions of it so you can start to build our own product.
In the beginning we thought that we could go and film just with ideas in our heads, but as we went along we realised that storyboards and scripts are much needed. We filmed our preliminary task without a storyboard because we didn’t realise how important it was and we wasted a lot of time wondering around and making things up on the spot. We used a storyboard in our main production and it helped us be more organised and get things done quicker with better quality.
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