LOOKING BACK AT YOU PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE FULL PRODUCT

Evaluation

PLANNING

The planning stage is one of the key differences between the preliminary and the opening.

With the preliminary not a lot of planning went into the idea, we discussed that we wanted to have a gangster theme and went from there and started filming.

Whereas with the opening, our group had thought of some idea’s as we were doing our research for audience, but after sitting down as a group we discussed all the idea’s we had and it took up to a week to come to our final decision.

PLANNING

For the opening the planning continued with: Storyboarding our idea Planning the character's costume Creating a timeline for when and where the filming and

editing will take place.

The Drop Off – Preliminary

Capture - Opening

IMPROVEMENTS The transitions used are better and allow the opening to flow

better than the preliminary. E.g. Dissolve edit and cuts The use of text is merged into the visual whereas in “The Drop Off”

all the credits are at the very beginning and the end. We used a variety of camera techniques – Over the shoulder shot,

extreme close ups, slow pans, point of view shots, ground level shot, long shots, different focuses and match on action

In our final piece one thing we should of added was a clear representation of the 180 degree rule.

The equipment was also better for our final piece which made it easier to make.

How successful?

Overall, I think our final thriller opening was successful also I feel that I have improved from the preliminary task. I have learned a lot about how much work goes into film-making from the idea to the final edit. I have learned how to use camera techniques that I clearly did not know how to use in my preliminary, such as soft focus.

Our final piece was successful as we made sure that the opening conformed to the thriller genre, by using certain music and establishing our protagonist and antagonist within the opening.