Evaluation Task 7

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

1. There are many differences between the Prelim task and the main product one of them being the planning. For the prelim task there wasn't much planning as we just used the costumes and props we had available on the day. But for the main product we had to orgainse everything from the costumes, props and set all ahead of time, co-ordinating everything together. We wrote many lists including everything we needed and then discussed them as a group until we were happy.

2. For the Prelim task we just wrote a basic script which we allowed our actors to elaborate on. But for our main product we had to be creative and visually imagining before we wrote a detailed story board including pictures and then wrote a detailed script. We then changed this several times until we were all completely content with everything.

3. For the prelim task we used very basic camera shots and angles for example close ups, over the shoulder and looking up and down. But for the main product we had to be more creative with the camera to create more interest in our film. This was very obvious in the stabbing scene where we shots shadows and moving with knife as it went up and down.

4. In the prelim we only used Diegetic sound that came from the actors, we wern;t very experimental with our sound. But with our main product our sound was much more advanced and we imported a lot Non-Diegetic music from SoudTrack Pro. We incorporated alot of music that helped to create a scary and ominous mood as well as approprate cheesey music for the advert. We also used alot of sound effects especially for the stabbing scene where the sound effects were mainly from food to create a gruesome effect.

5. The editing for the Prelim task was hadr but only because we were beginners. Through the main product we learn many more techniques in editing and therefore our editing was far more advanced. We editted all of our shots in Final Cut and then once that was finished added all of the special effects in After Effects, which included addinga background