Monday, 28 March 2011

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

Our preliminary task taught us many of the basic steps in achieving a smooth short clip. With this, we were able to expand and develop on our ideas through the basic knowledge that we were taught within our media lessons. It was a learning experience on how to work the equipment correctly and achieve the best quality leading up to the actual finished product.

From our preliminary task we were able to understand more about the amount of different angle shots required and were able to experiment on the angles which worked well with certain scenes. From our preliminary task, we were also able to eliminate some shots which didn't work to our desired effect.

The preliminary task also enabled us to detect any faults whilst filming some shots. For example, when experimenting a tracking shot, looking back at the footage were able to see more clearly how much movement was caused to the camera when maneuvering it, and whether it was a smooth transition from one side of the scene to the other.

Observing previous captured footage also showed us the quality of the picture, and whether some shots would have to be a closer shot in order to capture full detail to make the opening more clearer to view.

During this task, our group also learnt that in order to achieve continuity editing we needed more than one shot so that we could combine them with corresponding shots to make them look professional so that they appeared to match. Also, when filming we learnt that to make editing simpler, we had to record shots with a gap before and after the actual procedure that we wanted to included.

We explored the different tools available on final cut pro, and were able to look into them in more detail to choose from the variety to decide which one best suited our chosen genre best.

The preliminary task was an opportunity to listen to the sound quality of the camera footage. This gave us more of an incline as to whether it was appropriate to add in our own prerecorded diagetic sound to make the sound more distilled and clearer to understand.

This quality of the camera also had an impact on the different weather atmospheres that we filmed in outside. On our preliminary task, we filmed outside on a sunny day. Looking at the recorded footage showed us the glare on the camera from the intensity of the light, so we were able to adjust the camera to an angle where it wasn't noticeable, this made the the overall shot clearer and the scene more visible for the viewers for when we produced our main task.

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