Task 7- What have I learnt from Prelim to main Task?

When making the prelim, we used a basic storyboard

as we were using many basic camera angles in each scene. We also had to follow guidelines of what to say and what angle to film from for each scene. Whereas, for our film, we made a detailed storyboard from our own imagination, knowing what we want the actors to do and what to say and the camera angles used in that scene.

 For the Prelim, the actors had no rehearsals and we were just given a prelim to film and act in, all on that day, therefore it was rushed and we couldn't have as much time with the actors as we did for the film. We had no time to practice rehearsing the script with the actors and the camera angles. Whereas, for our film, we planned a whole day to rehearse for the film, therefore we weren't rushed and we could get the actors to do exactly what we wanted them to do. We could also have time to make the camera angles as good as possible with a lot of space in our setting.

 For the Prelim, we were given a basic script that we were forced to do. However, for our film, we carefully planned our script over the course of 1-2 days. The prelim consisted of many conversations, whereas in the film there are minimal conversations and the focus is completely on the camera angles and non-diegetic music. Overall, we took more time in the research of our script and the ways we should act for it.

When making our prelim, we filmed it using the clothes we had on that day as the storyboard did not instruct us to use any specific clothing to be worn for the film. Also the storyboard did not tell us what sort of lighting, props, actors, make up to include in our filming. The lack of detail made it hard for us to create any sort of narrative in our prelim. However for the film, we made sure we planned all the mis-en scene in our storyboard so we would know without wasting time what lighting, clothes, props and what actors will be used. This made the mis-en-scene much better for us.

For our prelim, we were given camera shots to include for each scene on the day so we stuck to the sheet and filmed it the way we were told. For our film, we practised a run through of each scene several times in order to ensure we knew what was happening on shoot day so everything was efficient. This run through enabled us to get an idea of what we wanted to do. We believe the shooting of our film in comparison to the prelim was a lot more efficient and of higher quality as a lot more planning and research went into the creation of the narrative.

When editing our prelim, we were given no instructions on what to include in terms of effects, sound and titles. The editing for our prelim had basic and little understanding of what was needed so we just combined all the scenes in the correct order with the appropriate camera angles, without any effects. For our film, we put effort in each scene in order for it to be perfect and fit the narrative we want. This involved using the correct camera shots then making sure the scene changes were smooth. We planned to shoot our film in the night so it would be dark for our lighting. We also used some filters when editing the film. After this, we began looking at sound effects, music and titles in which we researched and asked for which effects would be best for our film. For the prelim, we weren't given a task to do titles for the film, whereas for our film we knew by doing research we had to do titles to make the film appropriate and realistic for a thriller. Once we had decided on the non-diegetic background music, by using sound that wasn't copyrighted from youtube, premier pro etc, we used relevant sound effects and font for the titles, we used them for our film which made it more fascinating and exciting for the audience. We then asked people to watch our finished film and to give us their opinions. From these opinions, we changed some aspects of our film including removing an entire scene. The editing was far more detailed in comparison to the prelim as we learnt a lot more skills and asked for opinions on how to improve our film.