Task 7

           

The preliminary task was the first task where we tested  our filming and  editing abilities. we were very limited in what we could produce as we had very little knowledge on different shots and editing techniques. we were also limited with the amount of time we had to produce this product. We learnt lots of different methods for filming after our preliminary task and got to know the possibilities with iMovie, allowing us to produce a higher standard opening scene for our finished product. Below is the preliminary task which we did for research and planning.

 
              

Compared to our final edit of our opening scene shown below, there are very little techniques used and a small variety of camera angles  in our preliminary task. it is edited poorly unlike our final piece which has smooth transitions and a wider variety of camera angles.

             

From our preliminary task we have adapted our skills and techniques in a few ways. Firstly our editing was a lot better with different length cuts for certain different effects. We also used fades between cuts toggle a sense of what the character was feeling like. Camera angles where used in a much wider variety, from establishing shot, medium close up shot and and a panning shot. The use of these different shots allows the viewers to get a feel of the surrounding area and in some cases the urgency of the scene. we used various different camera stands to get clear clean shots whereas our preliminary was shot by hand for quite a lot of it not giving us a very good shot.

We also focused on the mise en scene for this scene, including the outfit the characters were wearing to show the audience their background and facial expressions to show the pain and the and urgency from the characters, whereas in the preliminary the characters wore whatever they had and their facial expressions weren't set, as shown when they were laughing. The camera used in our preliminary was poor and gave a poor sound quality whereas we made sure to use a bittern for the final piece. also we edited the scene to have sound over the top whereas we didn't have the ability to do this previously