Evaluation Question 7 (Kyle Stoneley 7161)
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Preliminary Task:
Final Product:
PRE-PRODUCTION STAGE:
•There are a few similarities between our preliminary task and final product, in terms of the planning process, and differences, such as equipment used and depth of research.
• For our preliminary, we were only allowed 30 minutes of time for pre-production; which included planning the narrative and dialogue. Since the time we had for all 3 production processes was very short, our preliminary was not as high standard as our final product.
• For our thriller opening, pre-production was for about two weeks; where we planned initial ideas as well as final, we researched deeply into the thriller genre and the type of audience we would get and plan scripts and health & safety etc.
• This enabled us to collect the right amount of information needed, like the characters and their dialogue, what camera angles and editing we would use, etc. It enabled us to have a much better and improved final product.
PRODUCTION STAGE:
- As we had such a short time for planning we actually decided our location for our Preliminary whiles we were filming and we also decided the shots we had to take and would take whiles filming aswell.
- For our filming for the thriller once our filming week began we got started straightaway and we followed the shots we had already planned with our storyboard in pre-production.
- There were many similar shots between our preliminary and final thriller product such as Shot-Reverse-Shot, 180 Degree Rule and Match on Action which we used for the preliminary, since it was one of the requirements, when the characters were speaking and also in our thriller. Also with our Thriller we were allowed to experiment more with different shots than we did with our Preliminary.
- Match on action- refers to film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action.
- Shot Reverse Shot- a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.
- 180 degree rule- a cinematography guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another . When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a reverse angle.
- Examples of them are shown below through GIFS.........
Post Production:
- Again with our Preliminary we had a shorter amount of time whereas with our Thriller we had a whole week to edit.
- With our Prelim we managed to piece together all the different scenes using match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule which when put all together perfectly, we had a film with what I would say pretty good continuity editing. We then added in our own little production picture and soundtrack at the beginning. We added in music and a funny voice audio throughout the film to develop it and at the end we added in our rolling credits and a blooper.
- With our thriller we managed to piece together all the different scenes using match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule which when put all together perfectly, we had a film with what I would say pretty good continuity editing. But this time we experimented more with things such as colour enabling us to make it look more thriller, we had added a distribution logo aswell as our production logo, we added in some transitions, credits during the scenes and climatic music to make it more thriller.
To conclude as a cameraman I have seen a big difference between my preliminary task and final product. I have learnt new angles, shots and developed new skills around a camera and editing.
- Again with our Preliminary we had a shorter amount of time whereas with our Thriller we had a whole week to edit.
- With our Prelim we managed to piece together all the different scenes using match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule which when put all together perfectly, we had a film with what I would say pretty good continuity editing. We then added in our own little production picture and soundtrack at the beginning. We added in music and a funny voice audio throughout the film to develop it and at the end we added in our rolling credits and a blooper.
- With our thriller we managed to piece together all the different scenes using match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule which when put all together perfectly, we had a film with what I would say pretty good continuity editing. But this time we experimented more with things such as colour enabling us to make it look more thriller, we had added a distribution logo aswell as our production logo, we added in some transitions, credits during the scenes and climatic music to make it more thriller.
To conclude as a cameraman I have seen a big difference between my preliminary task and final product. I have learnt new angles, shots and developed new skills around a camera and editing.
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