Question 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you
feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back at my preliminary film, I have realised that I have picked
up a lot of different skills such as now I am able to edit using Final Cut Pro
whereas before I wasn’t able to even cut up my shots and fit them together. I
also picked up how to use various websites such as prezi, making slide, using
motion control, also how to put my work up onto You-Tube.
When I started my preliminary film at the beginning of the year, I had
to know how to storyboard my film, so it all comes together. This meant that I
was to capture my film in still pictures with a still camera then be able to
put each shot into a box for my storyboard, this was to create at boarder line
or a basic story that I could follow when I was filming and editing putting it
together.
Once that was done, we learnt about different camera angles , and the
impact it made on the film whilst the audience was watching. For example; a low
shot would mostly be used to give a character status or power showing the
audience that specific character is higher then others. Just the same with a
high angle would show the opposite and show the character to be small and low
in status.
I also learnt the 180 Degree Rule; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CN-acxaFoA
Another technique that I learnt is Match Cutting.
A match cut could also be known as a ‘match on action.’ It is a type of
editing that you can use to help the continuity in editing to help the film
seem seamless so the audience can follow the action with out realising that an
edit has taken place. This then helped to decide which angels I wanted and how
they would fit together when it came to editing.
When we started planning our final film, we created a storyboard just
like the first time, but this time we had a shot by shot analysis with all the
types or shots and angels we would need to take. We then created a PowerPoint
Presentation which we pitched and put on all our locations that we would use
and extra props. Also our final schedule and plan of how we plan to make our
film. This helped us to be a lot more prepared and saved a lot more time as we
had planned everything ahead and knew where to be on particular days which we
would be filming on.
In my opinion one of my biggest improvements would be my lighting on my
film. As in my preliminary due to not having much time and not a lot of varied
location the lighting provided was very limited, this meant that some of the
shot had come out dark or too bright and was not able to use different lighting
techniques. We starting having the same problem with our final film as the
location we picked for a part of our film when we watched it back the lighting
in the picture was really dark. This meant that we had to find another way to
solve this. For Example with this problem I learnt to always film facing the
opposite way to the light to the light could reflect onto the character.
In my preliminary I only used what I could find around my college for
Mise En Scene as it was very limited this meant that I had filmed it in the
college for our scenery and used what I could find. However for my final film
it was much better as we had prepared all our props and found convenient
locations which where close by and not complicated. This helped It become
easier for the audience to relate as it wasn’t much different from where they
come from or the props which were used such as; basketball or cigarettes.
Overall comparing my experience and skills from the beginning of the
year to now, I can say that I have widen my range of the technology that I can
use also I learnt how to edit which I never knew how to do. I also have learnt
other things such as how to put sound on top of silent film by using sound
cloud, putting titles and credits on to my film and how important head space is
in the frame of a camera and how much it can affect your film.
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