Evaluation - Question 7

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NOTES FOR QUESTION 7 

PRELIMINARY TASK AND THE FINAL PRODUCT HAVE MANY SIMILARITIES. I’M GOING TO RUN THROUGH A FEW THINGS WE HAVE LEARNT AND EXPERIENCED.

THE WHOLE IDEA OF DOING THE PRELIMINARY TASK IS TO GET US USED TO FACING ANY PROBLEMS WE MAY ENCOUNTER IN THE MAIN TASK AND TO FOCUS ON USING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SHOTS.

WE USED A MATCH ON ACTION IN FINAL PRODUCT AS I ENTERED THE GRAVEYARD. THE PRACTICE MATCH ON ACTION IN PRELIM HELPED US TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT WAS REQUIRED SO WHEN WE CAME TO DO IT THE MAIN TASK, THE PROCESS WAS QUICK, EFFICIENT AND SEEMLESS.

IN THE PRELIMINARY TASK THE LIGHTING WAS JUST YOUR STANDARD LIGHTING FOUND IN A SCHOOL. NOW IT WAS OBVIOUS WE NEEDED TO THINK ABOUT LIGHTING. AFTER CAREFUL THOUGHT WE MADE THE LIGHTING MORE DIM AND DARKER WHICH HELPED TO REALLY CREATE A MORE EERIE EFFECT AND ESTABLISH WHAT IS GOING ON AND THROUGH PATHETIC FALLACY AND SEMIOTICS WHAT THE NARRATIVE IS AS WELL.

COSTUME ALSO NEEDED DEVELOPING FURTHER AS WELL TO SHOW WHO THE CHARACTERS’ WERE.

IN PRELIM USED WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER TO EDIT – BASIC SOFTWARE – VERY EASY AND SIMPLE – WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT FINAL CUT IS FAR MORE COMPLEX, THIS GAVE US A VERY VAGUE / ROUGH IDEA OF HOW LONG EDITING WOULD TAKE FOR OUR MAIN TASK.

MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE IN GENERAL OF RULES LIKE 180 DEGREE RULE, IF BROKEN AUDIENCE BECOMES DISORIENTATED. LOTS OF DIFFERENT RULES YOU MUST FOLLOW TO ENSURE YOUR PRODUCT ACHIEVES MAXIMUM POTENTIAL. IT’S ALSO FAR MORE TIME CONSUMING TO CREATE A DECENT PRODUCT THAN WE THOUGHT – IN COMPARISON TO PRELIM, OUR MAIN TASK LOOKS FAR MORE PROFESSIONAL.

FAR MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT USING EDITING SOFTWARE, GAINED A VAST UNDERSTANDING OF HOW EVERYTHING WORKS.

WE ALSO REALISED, AS A GROUP, THE IMPORTANCE AND PARTICULAR STRESS UPON COMMUNICATION AND ORGANISATION. SORTING OUT SHOOTING TIMES, MAKING SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING – PROPS COSTUME THAT KIND OF THING.

HAD TO MAKE SURE WE TOOK A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SHOTS AT LOTS OF DIFFERENT ANGLES, ALSO TAKING MORE THAN ONE TAKE IS IMPORTANT.

BATTERY LIFE – BATTERY RAN OUT OF CHARGE, MAKE SURE IT’S CHARGED! HOURS OF SHOOTING TIME WASTED AND NOT GOOD IF YOU’RE ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE.

LEARNT HOW FAR SUPERIOR FINAL CUT IS TO WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER. WINDOWS TOOK NO TIME AT ALL TO EDIT IN COMPARISSON. GAVE ROUGH IDEA OF TIME SCALE.

IT HAS TO BE A GROUP EFFORT!!!

DECISIONS

·      EDIT

·      SHOTS

·      IDEAS

·      COSTUMES

COULD NOT BE A DEMANDING, CONTROLLING PERSON IN THE GROUP. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADAPT, ACCEPT AND BE A TEAM PLAYER.

EMPHASIS ON SHARING ROLES – WHETHER IT BE FILMING, EDITING. ONE PARTICULAR BURDON IN OUR GROUP FOR PRELIM TASK – HOWEVER ONCE THIS WAS ERRADICATED, EVERYTHING WENT VERY WELL – WE ALL GOT ON AND WORKED EFFICIENTLY AND WELL AS A GROUP, GROUP BONDED WELL WHEN FILMING MAIN TASK, BUT WITH THE ONE PARTICULAR BURDON IN OUR GROUP IN PRELIM THERE WERE ARGUMENTS ETC.

LEARNT A HUGE AMOUNT IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING OUR HORROR FILM OPENING. REALLY ENJOYED IT AND FEEL VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT DOING IT AGAIN & EMPLOYING ALL THE SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES I HAVE LEARNT THIS TIME ROUND TO MAKE ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL PRODUCT.