Evaluation: Question 7

Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the product.

The first and most important thing we learnt from our preliminary is about the 180 degree rule as this was our biggest problem with our preliminary. The problem we had within our preliminary task can be seen when Louise and myself are having a conversation. The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that states two characters must have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera crosses this imaginary line, then the characters on screen appear to the audience as if they have swapped places with each other. Although we didn’t have a conversation in our final product it was important just to keep it in mind.

The second thing we also learnt is to get as many shots as you can for every scene and get as many shots from as many angles as you can. This is means that when you get back to the editing suite you will be able to choose from a variety of different shots and angles to make your final product.

The third thing for myself was the editing using the iMac and the software iMovie, as the editing for the preliminary was basic and simple being a short task.
The editing for our product was more complex and time consuming as each shot had to be edited separately before being played with other shots already edited to make sure that they played and ran smoothly together, on top of this transitions had to be added to allow us to get our finished product.