Evaluation, Question 7

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

During the preliminary task, I gained lots of training in the usage of the equipment used for the filming of the proper piece of work. Before, I had almost no idea how to use the equipment provided. How the camera worked or how to work the editing software. These technical skills definitely got better throughout. The usage of the camera definitely got better a I gradually got more comfortable about which buttons did what. With this new found knowledge, I thought myself to be getting more professional, think about whether different perspectives would be goods and different angle to film at. I believe that the editing software was my biggest improvement  of this section. Before, I wasn't too sure where things were and could only really confidently do the cutting and placing, now, with the experience I had with it, I found that I was more comfortable picking out different transitions and more confident on whether an edit would work or not. Along with this, my time management got better as well. Before, thoughts were "we can do lots in this amount of time, we can do this in an entire
day".

This was wrong thinking. It took us two days to get it right, we didn't think that it would take that long, not knowing that it would be as hard as it was to get the perfect shot. Realising this, we got better time management so we could get as much as we could in in the amount of time that we had, this even included getting actors that were available most of the time or that could be used whenever we needed. This is also where we had good organisation, trying to film on days when we were all free. The ability to work in a group has also gotten better. Usually, ideas are just bounced around until one is settled upon. We managed to get it so that all of our ideas were put into one, manageable, working idea. This maybe so, but the ability to successfully work independently has also gotten better. Whereas ideas may be better in a group, getting other things done, like editing or even this blog work, is better done on your own as I found that it was better this way, asking for help was common but the working was independent. All of these things that have changed my abilities have made for a very effective product. Looking at both the preliminary task and my finished product, I can safely say that there is a dramatic difference. From the awkward match on action to the just working over the shoulder shots I have created a piece of work that has incorporated all that I have learnt over the time from starter task to actual work piece.

In my opinion , the piece that has been produced that I think is rather realistic and professional looking, which has all that makes it what it is.