Evaluation question 7

I feel like i have learnt a lot over my course of media and i feel like i have learnt so many new skills and gained so much knowledge on how films are made. In our preliminary i only knew that films needed a script storyboard filming and advertising. I now know there is a lot more effort that needs to go into a film to make it successful. In my preliminary task i created the storyboard roughly and felt satisfied with my storyboard. The storyboard had plenty of detail and i feel like this skill was then and from that i knew how to create my storyboard for this film. I learnt how to create brand new shots off the top of my head and how effective shots can be using low angle and high angle for representation. When filming the planning was slightly tweaked due to finding new opportunities for camera angles and framing to show different meanings to the characters.

The preliminary film was easily filmed and the shots were very quickly taken due to the portability of the flip camera. Whereas in our film this was much harder due to the camera being harder for maneuverability. On the flip side the better cameras meant so much better quality and it feels a lot more professional whilst also looking it. The setup was much simpler for a flip camera but the overall payoff of using a good camera is much more worth it i found. Better cameras meant the framing was easier to find and steady shots were easier to achieve. I feel like my camera skills have improved a lot and i find it easy to find good representational shots.

For my preliminary film me and Alfie used a lot special effects for no reason and didn't really link these effects to anything but comedy and now i feel as though the special effects i used on my film are much more meaningful as they show the supernatural element to our characters. I did start to learn in my preliminary film about cropping shots tight together to make the film flow. I feel like the shots in our preliminary film did flow together nicely but i feel that my actual film has a lot more dynamic transitions as it constantly cuts from one action piece to another. I achieved a lot of this by shortening the shots i had as much as i could to create a good fast paced chase scene atmosphere.

For our preliminary we used a lot of sound effects as for comedy purposes and they didn't have any meaning at all. I feel as though our new film uses sound in an effective way to keep up the tempo of the chase scene. The incidental music builds up the tension building the audiences with a tense atmosphere and this is what we wanted with our music. We also used sound effects to emphasise supernatural elements as we wanted to emphasise this key theme in our film so i think we successfully achieved this.

We achieved some really nice meaningful titles as they fit our theme perfectly and have a nice subtle animation to them to fit the genre. I feel like I've learnt how to apply meaning to the things i do in my film from my preliminary film. For my preliminary film we never included anything but a simple main title of the film so I've learnt that i need to add in the main cast ident and production team so in my film i did these in the conventional order. I also feel like i did improve my teamwork abilities as i didnt just get along with my team. I feel like i worked effectively by questioning my team and being questioned by them. This constantly made us change little things in our film to make it to the best of our ability.