Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I believe that we have made massive amounts of progression, from where we started in the preliminary task, as for me I had to change groups in order for it to be fair in the class so experiencing two different groups was difficult at times but it gave two different perspectives to work from and be more effective with the techniques I had picked up from the preliminary task. In the two videos its is evident the changes and differences in the techniques used like the camera angles and camera shots are much more varied and into more depth in order to create more of an effect on the audience and be able to construct a bigger narrative e.g. a zoom in from the camera to go into a close up to show the information on the letter to the audience this helped create enigma in the film.
The steady camera movement and difference in the thoughts for the video like the setting was much more varied and made it much more interesting. As the actor for both I developed the skills of like positioning to the camera, plus being able to give feedback to what angles may look best and most effective. The setting after the preliminary task we knew had to be much more varied so we had shots in several different settings this helped the storyline to the film as well as allowing us to use good editing techniques such slow motion effectively when the agent is shot to show emphasis. The biggest progression from the preliminary task I believe would be our ability to use Final Cut as we then had to be able to use effects visual effects such as the gunshot effect, and many other stereotypical techniques that the film would need such editing in sound as well as making other editing aspects like the editing for our flashback etc.
With less team members than all the other groups, we had to be patient and work much harder than a group with an extra member at times it meant we had to borrow other people from other groups to make up the numbers. In the process I learnt many skills, firstly the technical skills so the use of camera angles as well as importance of setting and many more like the editing skills to put the film sequence together, but also personal skills like being able to work on a team together plus working past arguments to reach a compromise and keep moving forward to make our film as good as possible. Overall thou the whole group worked well and contributed fairly. The application of skills thou we learnt very quickly was going to be needed a lot more in the film sequence. We also learnt a great deal about the organisation and timing especially from a team with one less member so we had to follow this strictly in order to be effective as possible. In the preliminary task is was literally made up on the spot so it could become a frustrating and panicky atmosphere where as in the film production everything was set out but we still used ideas that we made up on the spot that we though could improve it further.
Overall we basically expanded and developed further skills for the preliminary task to the film production and we further expanded and developed skills such as use of camera angles, editing techniques especially but also other skills such as use of sound and any other techniques such as iconography etc. So I believe we continually developed these throughout the tasks.
In the video, Ciaran who also got moved groups is giving his opinion on what we learnt as a group and how we progressed.
