Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
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Emma Phillips
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Creating my preliminary task was the first ever piece of media filming I have done, and therefore it was more about “finding my feet” with the technology, than creating an outstanding piece of work. I, personally, used the preliminary task as an opportunity to learn about both the cameras, including continuity errors and shot types, and the editing process, and feel that it was from this piece of work that I learned most of the basic skills that went on to help me with creating my thriller, such as effectiveness of shots such as shot-reverse shot, high and low angles etc… all of which I used within my thriller to create the necessary effects. However, on the other hand, conducting the preliminary task allowed me to notice errors I had made and also what I needed to do to improve my filming; which I feel I met within producing my thriller. For example, from carrying out my preliminary task, I was quick to notice the importance of planning in order to gain the shots needed within the time given. By creating the thriller, my knowledge of the camera became more advanced, learning about how to take still photographs and filming effects such as sepia and black and white, and by having a longer period of time to play on the editing software, I found more things that added to the overall affect of the piece. From this, I learned (in depth) how to do certain things, such as layering a still image behind a moving shot, trimming music pieces and separating the audio from a piece of film, which is something I did not have time to “develop” during the preliminary task.
All in all, I believe I have created a very successful thriller that is on par with professional alternatives in the film industry today. It gained very positive feedback from its audience, as well as older members of the public and professionals, such as my Media Studies teachers. Members of our audience appeared to display all the emotions we intended them too when planning our thriller, which leads me to believe that our brief has been met to a good standard. I believe that we picked an interesting subject, which has serious relevance to topics within the media, such as the news, at this present time, illustrating our USP (unique selling point). I feel that the theme tune we chose greatly effects what happens later on in the film, adding to all dramatical effects we wanted to feature, as well as the voice over adding an extra something to our thriller; different to many other thrillers of a similar standard out there. It also gave our viewers ideas of plot, without giving too much away and ruining the rest of the film for them.
If I was to recreate this thriller, I would focus more on the professionalism of our filming, as well as several more “tweaks” within the editing process, in order to make my thriller almost perfect. I would also spend more time in finding more professional actors, despite our actors pulling off the desired effect very well, just to add an extra professional touch to our piece.
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