7 Evaluation: Progression from Looking back on my Preliminary Task.

STORY BOARDING

Originally I worked with a storyboard on my Preliminary film that was brief and inaccurate. The shots included were rough ideas of what the finished video would contain and we worked with only an estimated number of shots required once we worked with the shot reverse shots. The story boarding for what would create my final media product was much more detailed and professional, even with the amount of half second shots used for the high action running scene that we used for the very opening of our film. Although there may have still been some inaccuracies, details such as timing, sound and titles included in each shot as well as type of shots were much more professional.

[A snap-shot from the Story board for the final media product created, in much more detail than the sketches for my preliminary film]

EQUIPMENT AND CAMERA

The Preliminary film I created was filmed on a flip camera whereas my final film was recorded on the much better camera of the Nikon D3200, consequently the films were completed to very different levels, my final product being to a much higher quality. Consequently camera skills were also increased as a result, the preliminary film can be seen to have much more unsteady shots compared to my final media product which I managed professionally as each shot required in order to reach the best quality as well as levels of representation.

[Left: the flip camera used to record that of my preliminary film. Right: the Nikon D3200 as was used for the final media product of my film opening.]

EDITING

As the preliminary film was intended to be a tool used to understand the basics of editing, it achieved exactly what it was supposed to. Even with these basic factors my skills have improved through the process of creating my final two-minute film opening and the shots to my final film have been cropped tighter to increase the flow and (in my case) urgency of the narrative, whilst the preliminary film had a much slower pace. I also developed my editing skills and understanding by working with more advanced editing techniques in AfterEffects for the fallen angel before the films titles are shown and the high speed running effects used on the characters. that were transferred to PremierePro.

IDENTS AND TITLES.

The titles used for my preliminary film were basic and ill thought through. When it came to creating titles for my two-minute film opening, however, the fonts were audience tested and chosen according to relevance to genre. Furthermore, the animation was equally specified for the effect we wanted to have on the audience and related to the codes and conventions of our genre as well as taking into account our understanding of the audience pleasures of our target audience. My final film also acheives a more professional level with inclusion of idents at the beginning, the creation of which allowed me to expand Photoshop techniques as well as LiveType.