The preliminary
task was set introduce us to the equipment and process a film maker has to go
through to create a product, therefore ensuring that a quality product is
created when it comes to filming the final opening scene of our film. I
feel that I've been able to build on my knowledge gained from
this task that was set to get us used to the equipment and software and feel
that I have made a quality final product that shows all that I have learned.
Planning and research
Barely any planning
was done for the prelim task. It was mainly a task that would allow the group
to get an idea of how the equipment works and how to get the best possible
quality footage for the film in which we have created, therefore I feel that I
have learned a tremendous amount about planning and research into making a
film. This includes everything from research of similar films that already
exists within the genre, but also story boarding and the staging of the shots
themselves, as well as the lighting and position of the camera.
Filming
Having been able to
see what the camera and equipment is actually able to do this opened a wide
variety of possibilities to me and the different types of shots that I could
use within my film.
Quality of the
image can be affected by a number of things. One of the main problems that our
group faced was the lack of light that we used during the filming. This meant
that the quality was not as good and therefore required us to re- film in order
to get the better quality.
Editing
Editing was the
skill I was least sure about after our preliminary exercise because I had not
done as much of the post production editing as I’d have liked to and having
never used the software before meant that I was inexperienced about this stage.
However after doing a large amount of editing for our film opening I’m much
more comfortable with the editing software Final Cut Express and although I’m
clueless still to some of its advanced facilities, I would now be able to take
production footage and create a finished media product that was edited
sufficiently and with some detailed work within the edit.
More edits have
also been used in the final product compared to the standard transitions that
were used with the prelim task. Some of these effects include the use of slow
motion, transitions, title screens and even adding sound effects and sound
tracks over the top of the film. All of these effects have helped to enhance
the film to make it more appealing to the audience but also help to make the
film make scenes.
Going into the future
I hope to further develop any film making skills mentioned and to keep learning
from my mistakes. Also, as our film opening showed, to continue to exploit new
technologies within our media products in order to either enhance the film or
to make film making easier.
Equipment and Camera Skills
In our preliminary
task we used a flip camera and tripod. This made the footage good and still,
however the quality was not that good due to the flip camera. My preliminary
task was very simple in the shots that I took, for example we did some long
shots to mid long shots. As well as that, there are a couple of tilts, at the beginning
there is a tilt down to the feet. We were trying to get an impression of the
people in the short video.
In the film opening
there is a bit of difference between the camera skills that we used in it
compared to our preliminary task. We did not use the tilt skill as much as in
the preliminary task. We decided to have more effect with the editing then the
actual camera skills. We did use a panning and tilt at one point in time. As well
as that we looked at using over the shoulder shots and a variety of different
shots that could be used in the editing process.
Sound
In the preliminary
task we decided to not use and sound, however use dialogue. This was not as
good as we thought it would turn out to be. Therefore we decided in the beginning
of our film we would use sound and not dialogue. We chose sounds that built up
suspension and made the viewer feel really uncomfortable.
Titles
The preliminary task had no titles in it at all. After looking
at different beginnings of films, we thought that it would be a really good
idea to put in titles to tell the user who
was in the film and who helped to make it.
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