Evaluation.

Question 7

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

When i think of our Preliminary match-cut task it almost makes me burst out laughing when I recall all the mishaps of the task. In fact, we were so inexperienced with the cameras we somehow managed to mute all sound and had to use subtitles, quite embarrassing when it was played to the entire class, all of whom had sound as a feature in their footage. However, creating the subtitles gave us a head start on the whole title sequence side of our coursework module as we had used Livetype already and even knew how to create titles within Final Cut.

Well, in our final piece we were very careful to check the sound thoroughly ensuring we didn't make the same mistake twice! We were also more adventurous with camera shots in our final piece then we had been previously, but perhaps the reason being for that is the issue with time as our final piece is two minutes and our prelim more along the lines of thirty seconds.

The main difference between our before and after tasks, is the planning behind them, the planning was stronger for our final and it was also better thought out, and was a whole group effort as opposed to one contribution and some nodding and agreement (whether the opinion was trusted or not). Also, being our final piece, the editing is more evident, and the film has a more professional touch than the match-cut preliminary clip, but also, the Livetype experience paid off for us in the end because the improvement on the titles is dramatic.

Also, the composition of camera angles and utilising the available space has improved with practice and time, as i am sure that we covered a much vaster filming sight than beforehand with one table, three people and a tripod on swivel. We gave up on the close-ups and thousands of mid-shots we had previously adopted and used more wide angled shots and long shots allowing the audience to get the full impact of the space, this was deliberate to highlight her isolation and being alone.