Evaluation - Question 7

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

The most important skill I've learnt from the prelim task, was understanding how important continuity is. Continuity makes a film make sense, and helps the audience to follow what is going on. We achieved continuity in our film opening, by obeying the rules of continuity. These included the 180 degree rule and the 30 degree rule. It became habit for us to check that we weren’t breaking either of these rules which was helpful when it cam to editing because the shots flowed together more seamlessly.

The 180 degree rule

Match-on-action (MOA) is also very important for making continuity sequences and I have learnt how to make them look professional. Since we were filming a chase sequence, MOA was especially important, as it prevented the audience from losing track of where the characters were in relation to eachother. Here is an example of us using one in our opening sequence:



Match on Action!!

 Organisation was another skill that I've developed from the prelim task. We found that it was alot quicker and easier to edit and our footage when we had all our shot logs and shot lists at hand to refer to.

Me shot logging

 Group dynamics was very important in the project as morale tended to get low when we were filming in the middle of a forest at 6 in the morning. We quickly learnt that being well fed and rested impacted on how efficiently we filmed and edited, and so we made a point of achieving both before doing a task. Overall I think we did manage to work efficiently and we managed to delegate the work equally.

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