Evaluation q5

7. looking back at your preminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

My progression throughout the formation of my final film from the simple preminary exercise was quick and improving fast, as the shots I used within the preminary task weren’t as tricky and difficult as some of the shots and effects we chose to use within our film ‘Slender’. Our preminary exercise was to film someone walking into a class having a conversation and walking out again, and in comparison to that and Slender I feel I have improved vastly as I am more aware of the camera use and I now know more ways to shoot different shots and the different methods of doing so. We had to make sure we included certain types of shot in which include\: shot-reverse-shot, 180 degree rule and match on action. We carried out all three of these within our preminary exercise and our three minute film too. We looked through different most used shots within horror films and we included: zoom, long shot, close up, medium close up and pan shot, in which during the preminary exercise we wouldn’t have been capable of carrying out.

 I learnt how to use a camera properly and the three vital shots correctly; therefore I used this as a starting base and gradually got better and more aware of other shots from that point. I believe I have got better at using the camera as I have already stated, using different shots and the different types of focused you can do with the camera; in Slender we included the ‘shallow focus’.

We have used many different shots, editing and cinematography methods in which I believe have helped me as a learner improve on my awareness of a camera and the ways in which it can be used. I became more involved in different groups with people I haven’t necessarily worked with before and I have got to know them better.