Evaluation - Question 7

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

In our progression from the preliminary task to the full product we have developed a number of attributes and create our own personalised editing style. One of the main aspects we aimed to improve from our preliminary task was the use of HD cameras. From looking at the work of previous years we realised that the same ideas and camera angles can look considerably more effective. Also although the piece was longer we put a higher emphasis on developing an engaging plot in order to make it more effective and draw in the attention of the audience. Additionally we noticed that many of the previous AS media thrillers could have been improved by the use of more adult and professional actors so we endeavored to use adult actors. However we could only find one but I think that it was still successful and effective.

In our preliminary task we used coloured freeze frames to create a styalised theme for our piece, we felt that this was successful so we transferred it into the title sequence of our opening. However we developed this by putting the freeze frames onto shots of photographs, as seen above.

In these two frames one can see the improvement of using a HD camera rather than a standard hand held camera with a maximum of 480p. The HD shot of the barbed wire is far more crisp and defined and was commented on frequently in our audience feedback interviews.

Although we were happy with the framing on our preliminary task it could have been improved for example in the above shot the space that the two walls take up is un even although the two characters are centralised and the doors behind it almost create a vanishing point. in our thriller opening we tried to balance the scenery within the frame and centralise the character; This is illustrated in the shot above.