Our Final Project

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Evaluation 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

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Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Explain how you used each technique and also what you were hoping to achieve for your audience?

Looking back at the preliminary task, it’s clear that we have made progress. For example the thought process behind camera shots and angles is more distinctive and more meaningful. In the preliminary task, we just wanted to frame the shot so we had the person and the background in shot, not thinking about the bigger picture, all the shots we used were are stationary which makes it less interesting to watch. There’s a mid- shot showing only the table and the top half of our bodies to show the tension in the scene. After that there is a high angle shot over my shoulder to make Alice appear weak and small then an over the shoulder shot of me at eye level to show my disappointment.  We mostly used mid shots because the table covered our bodies so it wasn’t necessary. However in the teen angst opening each shot tells its own story. We used a lot of long shots to show how large the school is and to make the characters look small.  For example the high angle used as Aiden walks down the stairs shows that the school he goes to is enormous. Later on, we find out that he is the most popular kid in his school so he has a great social standing.

As far as editing is concerned, it became much more advanced in our teen angst opening. In our preliminary task we used match on action when Alice walks through the door we also used the 180 degree rule, we spilt the table to make it clearer, and then shot reverse shot but very basic skills. Where as in the teen opening, we had titles appear and also credits. We had titles appear on the steering wheel as well as in the style of a number plate, we also had one that was  revealed from under a tire these were simple but effect to incorporate into our piece as it makes the whole thing look more professional. We learnt how to add in transitions and effects when we changed a scene/shot and these make it clearer and more enjoyable for the audience to watch.  Our main title “Opposites” appears in the sky in the colours of a bar magnet. It instantly attracts the eye as it is large and bold. Because of the way our teen angst opening was sequenced, we didn’t use shot reverse shot as we had voiceovers instead but we did use fast paced editing to show that Aiden was late in the morning. We used freeze frames on each of the four characters when they are first introduced, this makes the audience focus and maintain interest through out.

We concentrated on mise en scene in the teen opening because we didn’t consider costumes or set in the preliminary task. We did however try and create an office type atmosphere for the preliminary task by moving the tables and fan and adding folders into the background. In the teen opening we made sure that we had focused on it more. All of the main characters wear stereotypical clothing for teenagers, such as a hoodie and jeans and there costumes represent their personalities. The setting is obviously a school which shows the genre of the film. Mise en scene was critical for our teen angst opening as it instantly shows the audience where and what this film will be about.

As we didn’t use music in our preliminary task, it was something we wanted to improve on. We didn’t use any non -diegetic sound or music mainly because we thought it was more dramatic and created suspense if it was silent. Looking back on it, it would have been better if we used some tension filled music. However in the teen angst opening we used typical teenage music and also comical music to target our audience’s age group. This made it more humours to watch for the audience.