Question 7

In our pre production we had to do a storyboard to establish what type of shots we wanted to do to set the scene. We also had to do a storyboard for our film opening which helped us a lot, giving us a sense of direction. 

During the production of our preliminary we followed the storyboard so it was quite successful. It was quick and easy for us to edit as it was short and simple. We did not add any soundtrack or background music to it; we did not use sound track pro to its full potential. In addition, using final cut pro was standard and straight forward as well. A few cuts and no special effects. The lighting seemed fine in our preliminary so we did not edit. Our camera work was very basic, we mainly used shot reverse shot to establish a connection.

In our film opening we did not follow the storyboard. We decided that it was too complex and we needed to make it more simple for our target audience to get a better understanding as its two minutes. In our opening we successfully used soundtrack pro and final cut pro to the maximize the standard and quality of our film. We used a variety of shot types such as match cut, shot reverse shot to create atmosphere. We have explored soundtrack pro to find a specific sound to match our psychological / action sub-genre. using final cut pro, it enabled us to add titles such as the distributors and casts names. This took part in making our opening successful as we covered the conventions of film opening.

After we finished filming we looked at the preliminary and looked at the different ways in which we could have planed and filmed, we tried to learn from this and make sure our next project was better. 

Comparison:


Viewing both the preliminary and the opening, it is quite clear that we have improved on our skills and have progressed a lot during the process. We have maximized in using many technologies such as soundtrack pro, final cut pro, JVC camera and vimeo. I have learnt how to use all these technologies including how to import and export video's.