Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

The Brief:

• Prelim - 'Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanged a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.'
• Film Opening - 'To produce a 2 minute opening for a fiction film. All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright free source. It should be clear from your sequence who the target audience is.'

Comparisons between the Prelim and Film Opening

• Overall, I think the fact that we had more time for the Film Opening meant we went into a lot more detail and depth for every part of the project.
• The Prelim was great for forming a base of what was needed and then in the Film Opening, we took this basic preparation to a much deeper level to achieve much better results.

  

  Shot List from the Prelim

Finished Storyboard from the Film Opening

• Finally, I think the fact that we had particular audiences in mind when making the Film Opening was vital to certain decisions that were made whereas this simply wasn't the case in the Prelim.