Aisha Kemp: Evaluation Question 7 - 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?

Time management – For our preliminary task the time to create ‘Super Zer0’ was limited so, within our group we had to discuss time for filming and editing, however, out of lessons not everybody was free. To prevent the disorganisation that backfired from not having managed our filming and editing time, before creating our final piece we made a schedule. This was very useful as for our thriller opening our cast was bigger therefore, with a schedule everyone involved from the cast to the crew would be available to film at the same times.

Planning – Our planning was much more organised. For our preliminary task we had made a story board which laid out in drawn images what our preliminary task would look like. However, we took this planning further for our final piece and created story boards, mind maps, and any ideas would be posted on our blog. This further extent of planning was very useful as it made every idea clear and meant that we were organised.

Editing – Using iMovie was not a process that I was very used to at the early stage of creating our preliminary task. However, I developed my knowledge on the software from having to use it for ‘Super Zer0’ and therefore, for our thriller opening it was very easy to use. We used iMovie a great deal to edit our footage together, add sound and add titles. When we made our titles for ‘Super Zer0’ we used the fonts that iMovie provided. However, looking for something more exiting, we used the programme ‘Adobe After Effects’ to make our titles for ‘Locked In’. This made our titles creative and more effective as we could match our titles to the genre. 

Match on action 

In our preliminary task named ‘Super Zer0’ we didn’t succeed at producing a match on action shot. During filming we misunderstood the meaning of the shot. However, after feedback, reflection and learning how to film a match on action shot, we managed to successfully film it in our thriller opening. This match on action shot is of Bonnie walking out of the door. We filmed the first shot from the inside of the house, then during editing cut that shot straight to the second that we took of her closing the door from the outside.

180 degree rule.  

In our final thriller opening we never used the 180 degree rule as all of our shots were specifically short cuts of each character who never interact until after the opening sequence. Although we didn’t use the 180 degree shot in our thriller opening, we could have as we practised using this shot in our preliminary task. When ‘Super Zer0’ is rescuing the tied up girl, they have a conversation that is shot using the 180 degree rule.
 

Shot reverse shot.  

This shot was used in the same conversation as the 180 degree rule as both continuity techniques tie in together. We didn’t use this shot in our thriller opening as they is no conversation that takes place. Furthermore, we still gained the knowledge and skill of shooting a shot reverse shot and would use it later on in the film 'Locked In'.

This is a video of us as a group discussing what we feel we have
learnt in the progression from our preliminary task to our full
product.