Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you think you have learnt from the progression from it to the full task?

During the process of making the preliminary task we gained a lot of experience in many different areas on making the film and making the opening film look more realistic and professional. We have learned that taking a variety of different shots over and over again from different angles is essential because it creates a greater impact in the film than just filming from one side and one camera shot type throughout the whole film. Also if we have many clips of the same scene in different angles, we have a massive choice in what angle to choose from, some of the clips we won't be happy with but because we have many shots, we have back up and be able to choice different scenes. In the preliminary task we did not use a lot of different shots as we should of done at the beginning and we did not realise this until we had to start editing of the film, therefore we had to re-shoot some of our clips and do more filming to make the scene flow in a better continuity. We took this experience and made a greater improvement when it came to doing the main task (the opening film) and made sure we had as many different type of shots we needed and different angles like for example we used a variety of long shit, medium shots, close up and extreme close up throughout the film and ensured every shot matched and had a continuously flow through the whole opening, this made it easier to edit in final cut pro and we finished filming because we was able to organise the clips in an orderly manner. The strongest experience we gained from the preliminary task, was being able to develop our editing skills rapidly in the main task (opening film) . This is because in the preliminary task some of us did not know how to use the final cut pro because they have never came across that programme before therefore it was difficult for us to understand and use. However, we were able to develop skills quickly because we began to understand the tools on the programme and were able to develop these by participating in the editing of the opening film. We managed to learn and adapt our skills on how to put each clip to go in order as we had it planned in our storyboard. We also learned how to use different effects that can make the opening film seem professionally edited and have a good continuous flow between each clip. Within our group, we created an instrumental on garage band, then inserted it into the film to create atmosphere and to match the flow of the film, this had a great effect on our opening scene has it also creates intensity and makes the viewers (audience), make them think what will happen next. Finally, we learnt how to edit the colour of the clips, as we recognised that it is very important for the level of light to match between different clips, that have been taken from different angles because each of them had a different level of light. We thought if we made each clip the same brightness and lighting, it would look much more professional.