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

The preliminary task was to act out a scene from waterloo road, where we walked through a door whilst speaking. There are many things that needed to be improved such as, keeping the camera still, shots, not using zoom, improving on editing by having slower cuts. The lighting could have been improved by change in background colours, also using more fading would have been beneficial. Using cameras at different angles would have improved the shots. The head space on top of the camera would have lost us marks. Most shots were in the middle screen of the camera and therefore meant the shots were not as good because we were meant to have that a specific side of the screen. The massive difference in the final movie was the editing was completed really well, we ensured this perfecting our editing by spending more time on it. We also learnt from our mistakes, particularly when it came down to the use of zoom. We ensured the use of the tripod was used better and this meant that the camera was kept still while recording ensuring better shots and a clearer video. The lighting was much brighter and this meant there were no dark scenes. We used voice overs more effectively to add extra effect to the film.  In the  final film i used music which allowed to have a more effect on the audience but more importantly on the film.