Evaluation Question 7

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

Planning and preparation was important first of all, this added a foundation for the whole project, creating a guideline to follow. This consisted of storyboarding, drafting, organisation of locations, organisation of time, which actors were going to be used, costumes used and props used ...etc...

Technical filming skills; using the camera was straight forward, it was framing, shot types, angles, tripod positioning and camera movement which was the difficult part. There were a numerous amount of pros and cons, such as, we found out that running with the camera was great for capturing chase scenes, however, placing the camera on a tripod creating a still shot was not as dramatic ...etc...

Post-production skills; using 'On Location CS5' and 'Premier Pro CS5' was quite simple once we got into it, in fact pretty enjoyable. Continuity editing, specific effects (fading, transitions, speed, freeze-frame, unlinking sound, use of sound, titles etc) were just a few of the stages we had to overcome while using these programs. It was handy that we left a few seconds at the start and end of each shot. The only problem was we did not firm / record enough footage, therefore, had to do a second shoot. 

After this whole project the most important thing i have learnt is that it is the audiences opinion that counts the most, as there the ones who will determine the success of the film in its entirety.