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

My preliminary task consisted of Lindsay and I having a short conversation in the common room about a piece of homework that was due in the following day. For our preliminary task we had to create a piece that consisted of the 180 degree rule, shot reverse shot and match on action. The task was successful in showing all of these things and didn't break any of the continuity editing rules. However, I have developed since doing the preliminary task and there is evidence of this in my Opening Sequence.

Firstly, in my preliminary task we see me walking into the room and then round the table so that I could sit down (see below), this is an example of continuity editing because it is smooth and follows the rules. The conversation we then go on to have also follows the 180 degree rule because it is filmed from an angle which makes the set up/situation seem as natural as possible.
 

 

I have then gone on to use these camerawork skills in my Opening Sequence which we see when Jacob walks into the bathroom but we only see his feet. The continuity editing makes the film easier for the audience to watch because it seems natural and we almost expect those actions to happen as oppose to montage editing which is very rough and unpredictable. These skills have developed since my preliminary to now.

 

Furthermore, my preliminary task shows examples of match on action when you see my outside of the room about to walk in and then it cuts to me carrying on this action and actually walking in. Match on action is something else that the audience just expect because it seems natural. 

My Opening Sequence also shows match on action but in a more sophisticated and creative way. Match on action is when an action commenced in shot A is carried on and completed in shot B and is shown in my sequence when Jacob is sitting on his bed and then goes to pick up his glasses and then continues in the next shot to actually put them on. 

 

We have used things in our Opening Sequence that would have been too sophisticated for our preliminary task. An example of this is a focus pull when Jacob and Toni are walking across the bridge, the effect that we intended to create here was to make their appearances obscured and make it more mysterious for the audience, we can see this below. I like the affect this creates because it adheres with the genre and makes the storyline more gripping for the audience.
 

 

The final thing I will be discussing is how my creativity and teamwork has developed throughout this year's Media course. I have learnt important skills such as how to communicate and share tasks with a variety of people and the importance of sharing the workload. I have also gained an insight into how to make my work both more sophisticated and creative and why this important to not only me, but the audience.