Evaluation AS 7

Here is the link to my preliminary task: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrdoESQ6ipM

Q7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

As part of exploring and developing camera skills, my group and I done a preliminary task. I did this in order to get clear understanding of how to apply certain skills in our final product. We included camera angles such as shot reverse shot, 180 degrees, high angle and low angle. The purpose of doing the preliminary task is to get an idea as to how my group and I would do our final product. I learned from doing the preliminary task how to achieve different camera angles accurately so that when it came to do our opening sequence, I would know how to approach the difficult camera angles and successfully incorporate them into our final product. From doing the preliminary task I learned many skills, such as how to use Final Cut Pro X, how to use a tripod, how to apply different learned skills to my work and to realise the effect that I can create using these camera angles. For example, using Final Cut Pro X allowed me to construct my work together successfully and allowed me to make last minute changes if required. Also, I learned that by having my camera angles in a specific order can help to create an atmosphere as if they are camera angles that make our audience feel either tense, happy, sad, fearful and more. Being able to use a tripod I found particularly useful as it allowed me to experiment with camera angles such as high angle and mid shot. This further helped me in my final product as I was then able to use these camera angles in order to create the sense of shock, surprise and suspense. 

To conclude, through the process of creating an opening sequence I have learned many skills and developed an excellent understanding of what successful thriller films have, what conventions there are and how to make my own opening sequence.