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

Looking back at my preliminary task it helped me improve a lot on my camera shots. Within the preliminary task we had to include the shots of match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. I included only one of these shots in my final opening film which was the match on action shot:

the difference of these shots are clearer which i think means i understood and got a grip of how to use the camera. the match on action is a very effective shot to use and i found that it was the best shot to use for my opening sequence because i did not use much dialogue so i found trying to use the 180 degree rule would not work.

                  

I think the preliminary task really helped me develop on my skills eventhough i didn't use all of the shots. I chose a variety but kept them simple because I didn't want it to be too chaotic. but my main shots were P.O.V shot, pan, extreme close ups, match on action. I think if I didn't do the preliminary task I would have struggled with the project a lot. The preliminary task was basically a developer for me as it helped me steady my hand, learn the different shots which can be effective in a film .

By looking at these shots and comparing them I feel i have improved a lot on the focus and understood it a lot more as I had no other help from friends I just done this making sure it was right. Im really happy with the outcome of this shot and the difference and improvements I have made. My overall opening sequence I really enjoyed making this film and it suprisingly turned out to be better than i expected.