Foundation Portfolio Evaluation: Question 7

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

Preliminary Video here

Looking back at our preliminary, this was rather basic. We only used over the shoulder shots, mid shots, long shots and close ups; which that when watching it - it became visually unappealing for the audience to view. 

The music we chose didn't fit the theme of the preliminary and we only included this at the beginning, not throughout; which is something that is hardly, if ever, done. Non diegetic sound is usually, in some form, heard in the background - as it adds to the scene and evokes feeling/emotion. 

When filming some of the shots, the character talking wasn't in the center of the shot, which is quite distracting for the audience and is a amateurish thing to do. This was a mistake we noticed easily, and tried not to do the same in our final film opening.

Our attempt at shot reverse shot wasn't the best and so we also wanted to show this in our film opening, but better and more dynamic. 

In our film opening, it's clear that we've proved hugely on both our camerawork and editing. 

Using a variety of angles and shots such as high angle, over the shoulder, tracking, panning and P.O.V (point of view) made our film opening visually pleased for the audience and kept them focused.

We spent more time on our editing, this time slowing down shots, changing the lighting and changing the chronology of the storyline to create tension. 

The storyline for our final film opening was more interesting than our run of the mill storyline for our preliminary. I've found that having a more intricate storyline allowed us to create and change things as we went, which meant that the final product had differed slightly from our original idea, but the idea was so broad allowed us to do this until we could hone in on a storyline that visually shot well.