Above is my answer to this question via prezi.
In addition to the presentation, i would like to add the following:
There were many steps taken in the preliminary task which helped me with my own product. One step was a result of trial and error for example some of the shots in my prelim were shaky so i realized that in my opening sequence i would need to rectify this by using a dolly.Another thing the prelim task did was allow me to see what would and wouldn't work in my film, i would ask others what shots they liked from my preliminary task and then when i got their results i knew what i should and shouldn't put in my full product. In addition to this, the prelim task gave me skills i would need in my final product.
As i started my preliminary task my group were given a camera and asked to shoot a variety of shots within and outside of our sixth form, we were given a time limit to do this in and were briefly shown how to use the camera. The time limit helped me when doing my final product because we had a time limit within that too so getting used to it helped me quite a lot. Learning the shots also allowed me to gain knowledge for my final product and also the prelim task enabled me to experiment with different types of shots.
The preliminary task also gave me a brief chance to learn how to edit in on the apple mac, i'd had little experience with editing before so was starting from scratch, if not for the prelim i would have been learning whilst making my product and that wouldn't have allowed me to make some of the mistakes i did with the prelim such as the sound issues. We used Adobe Premier Elements, this was a good, easy software to use for both my prelim and film noir.
Planning and scripting was another key element of my progression. When making the prelim my script was very basic and had little dialogue, this made it quite boring and unprofessional so i found that going into more depth when writing a script was essential. Planning came into this as well, i spent a limited time planning what i was going to write or planning what i wanted the prelim to be like and this was a major downfall so i found that when planning for my film noir i needed to look deeper. To do this i looked up the 'maltese falcon' opening script. This gave my group the idea for the voice over instead of complete dialogue.
http://victoriaelson-tam6formmediaas.blogspot.co.uk/2014_12_01_archive.html first script.
http://victoriaelson-tam6formmediaas.blogspot.co.uk/2014_11_01_archive.html second script.
As you can see from these two above links, we changed and edited the script because we found from research we did in the prelim task that our first script would be too long and some of the characters names weren't very realistic.
Learning about and researching our genre was another aspect which had to be looked at during the prelim and final tasks. By doing research of films such as maltese falcon in the early stages of the prelim task, i felt more confident with including the codes and conventions of film noir. Here is an example of some of my research done after the prelim task and in the early stages of the full product being made:
This research gave us all the information we needed regarding props, costume and scripting, without this we wouldn't have been able to follow or challenge the codes and conventions of the genre.
Another
part of the planning progress for both the preliminary task and the main
product was story boarding. Whilst planning for the prelim my group made a
storyboard in lesson. It lacked relevance to the final cut of the prelim and
didn't go into much detail. However, in the full product our storyboard was
fully annotated with in detail drawings and differing shots. The story boarding
helped very much in filming and editing as alongside the script we were able to
have a high level on continuity within our full product because we could refer
back and make sure everything was in the correct order.
One thing
that i feel my group could have done better on was organization. As previously
mentioned time was something we had little of and the prelim task showed us
this, although we did learn our lesson with running out of time in the
preliminary task, we didn't organize ourselves in the best way possible.
Despite having a planning schedule, we didn't always stick to it and this
caused problems with assigning jobs and having to re-film certain
scenes which held us back with editing.
Link to our preliminary task
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