What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from the preliminary task to the full

product?

Ryan Quinn

How have you made your planning and preparation for shooting more effective than was the case with the

Preliminary task?During the process of producing the preliminary task, my group and I, on many occasions, created a storyboard to subsequently create a respective basis for the overall plot of the film. This in itself meant an array of plot variations were as a result available to reconfigure and eventually use as a vital part of the film; these variations included different camera angles and shots, and sceneFor the preliminary task however, research for other aspects of film planning was ultimately limited. Therefore, the film Production itself did not comprise of a specific film genre, and consequently, did not offer any codes and conventions.

How have you made your planning and preparation for shooting more effective than was the case with the Preliminary task?

• In sheer retrospect, the planning for the full product was vigorous, and comprehensive. This is down to the extensive research of iconic figures and characters that may influence the character in our own film production. Along with this, as a collective, my group and I decided on the genre which our film would be revolved around; horror.

• Simultaneously; the creation of storyboards, as well as the analysis of films in relation to the same genre, allowed our own production to establish characters, that immerse the expected codes and conventions that the audience themselves can associate with.

How have you made your planning and preparation for shooting more effective than was the case with the

Preliminary task?• One similarity that can be intertwined between the opposing

productions, is that both sets of creations possess an effective use of camerawork, that as a result enhance the overall meaning or effects of the production.

How have you improved the quality of the footage shot (using tripods, different angles, filming several different

good takes from different positions)?• In order to deploy the aspect of camerawork in the most

preeminent fashion, I personally used already made film products (Horror productions including the Omen, 1976), popular within society as a forefront for how our production would be presented. An example of this was establishing the location (secluded, repugnant) of the primary antagonist, before establishing the latter. This allows the audience to gain a sense of the personality of the respective character.

• Close-up shots of the characters were used sufficiently, in order to express the emotions of the characters involved. This is a typical convention of the horror genre.

How have you improved the quality of the footage shot (using tripods, different angles, filming several different

good takes from different positions)?• As a result of the effective use of camera work within the final

production, intertwined with the configured character types, our latter production is ultimately greater than the previous, inevitably making substantial progress.

How have you improved the quality of the edited piece - more use of features within iMovie, use of music?

• With the use of iMovie and the further technologically advanced Final Cut Pro, my colleagues and I were able to enhance the effects of our film production to a astronomical extent. One crowning example of this is the added music, which assisted in creating a theme for either a specific scene within the film, or the overall film itself.

• These production applications also enabled the collective group to decide what clips to choose more competently; clips that e.g. lacked focus, or included unnecessary sound added were disregarded.