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

Looking back at my preliminary task I feel I have steadily made progression using various media techniques, as I feel I struggled to understand the depths of editing and inventive camerawork in my preliminary task. Although I knew some basics of editing, such as slow motion, fast/slow paced shots and black screen I fill I that I developed these further whilst creating my thriller opening sequence. Similarly my camerawork skills also were lacking before I composed my opening sequence I only knew the basics, for example low/ high angle shots, two shots and close up shots.

Screenshots from my preliminary task

As you can see from the screenshots of my preliminary task, all of the frames are pretty much simple; they have an over the shoulder shot, two shots, low angle and handheld shots. When given my feedback on my preliminary task some people stated that some shots were unstable, others said that our continuity editing could have improved as the hand was changed when opening the door.

Screenshots from my opening sequence

These are screenshots from my opening sequence, we have used some creative camera work such as an establishing shot to set the tone and atmosphere and long shots to increase the amount of tension. In terms of editing, we have also tried to incorporate black and white effects, earthquake effects and overlapping transitions between the shots. Even though slow motion was a one effect which I would call simple, I believe I used it in the correct places so it worked well. Besides, I worked well on trying to get our continuity editing perfect with the dog lead as I swapped so we had to keep the shot in a little longer so the audience was not left confused.

When looking back on my preliminary task I had made notes on how to improve my further filming, I noted that so my shots were not so steady so in future I needed to use a tripod so my shots were not shaking and helped an audience to feel more comfortable whilst watching. Also most people said I needed to improve my posture as it did not flow with my continuity editing. In comparison, whilst completing my thriller opening I feel I gained more knowledge about camera positioning and framing the shots well.