Research
Preliminary: I learnt the basics to filming such as shot types, camera angles and movements. However, I did not carry out any more research for the prelim, so my skills were not developed. In addition to this, I had a limited knowledge on aspects like the genre and conventions of films.
Preliminary: I learnt the basics to filming such as shot types, camera angles and movements. However, I did not carry out any more research for the prelim, so my skills were not developed. In addition to this, I had a limited knowledge on aspects like the genre and conventions of films.
Final: By the time that we had to make our final production, I had learnt many aspects of film openings. This includes things like: sound, convention, representation, genre and titles. All of this information contributed to us being able to make a high quality film opening when it came down to production.
Development: My research skills have increased dramatically from when I first started this course. At the time of my prelim, my research skills were restricted to a few shot types and camera movements. However, now I understand all of the factors of both mise en scene and cinematography.
Preliminary: In terms of filming, when we were doing our prelim I only had knowledge on how to work the camera and a few shot types. This resulted in our prelim having a good range of shots and angles, however the lighting was distorted. This is because we didn't turn the ND filter on whilst filming facing a window and when we were inside a brightly-coloured room. In addition to this, our lack of knowledge on framing resulted in us breaking the thirds rule.
Final: In our final production, the quality of our film improved significantly as we had better shots and camera movement. We also didn't break the thirds rule so our film had good framing. However, in our haste to finish filming, we broke the 180 degree rule, which resulted in us having to go back and film the scene again. I also experienced another light related problem as the lighting was too dark in this film. This was a result of us not filming close enough to a source of light at night.
Development: Despite the fact that I still had some filming errors in my final film, my skills in this field have improved vastly since the time of my prelim. The various filming tasks that I have taken part in have increased my knowledge and skill of filming bit by bit and has led to me contributing to a high quality product. The group activities also enabled me to accumulate knowledge of the subject from a diversity of different people, which in turn aided my progress.
Pre-production planning
Preliminary: At the time of the prelim, my planning skills were strained as we only had to follow the script that was provided for us instead of acting independently. The only things that we were required to do is select costumes to capture the image of our characters and chose an appropriate location to film.
Final: When it came to our final production, we had to act independently and plan for ourselves. And I was able to cope with this because of the experience that I gained from completing all of the other filming tasks prior to it. Because of this, I understood what I needed to do in pre-production to ensure that the rest of the production went smoothly.
Development: My planning skills have improved greatly since when I was working on my prelim. For example, we were able to give real thought to our filming locations, costumes and actors, which enabled our film to have more substance to it. I also learnt how to utilise websites like Blogger to store my plans for ease of access and safety. In addition to this, it also helped our group to communicate more and share our ideas.
Filming
Preliminary: In terms of filming, when we were doing our prelim I only had knowledge on how to work the camera and a few shot types. This resulted in our prelim having a good range of shots and angles, however the lighting was distorted. This is because we didn't turn the ND filter on whilst filming facing a window and when we were inside a brightly-coloured room. In addition to this, our lack of knowledge on framing resulted in us breaking the thirds rule.
Final: In our final production, the quality of our film improved significantly as we had better shots and camera movement. We also didn't break the thirds rule so our film had good framing. However, in our haste to finish filming, we broke the 180 degree rule, which resulted in us having to go back and film the scene again. I also experienced another light related problem as the lighting was too dark in this film. This was a result of us not filming close enough to a source of light at night.
Development: Despite the fact that I still had some filming errors in my final film, my skills in this field have improved vastly since the time of my prelim. The various filming tasks that I have taken part in have increased my knowledge and skill of filming bit by bit and has led to me contributing to a high quality product. The group activities also enabled me to accumulate knowledge of the subject from a diversity of different people, which in turn aided my progress.
Editing
Preliminary: At the time of my prelim, I had no experience in editing and we only were knowledgeable on certain aspects such as match cuts, which enables continuity editing to take place. Because of our lack of knowledge, we had no added sound effects or titles and our film had a jump cut.
Final: When the time came to edit our final product, previous tasks had enabled us to incorporate aspects such as sound effects to it. They also provided us with the skills to edit our film so that the 180 degree rule was not broken and the resources to make our dark scenes lighter. We also had a smooth match cut and continuity editing.
Development: During the course of time from my prelim to my final product, I have gone from having no knowledge in editing to having the required skills to make a presentable film opening. These skills also helped me make my technology timeline using Camtasia.
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