Back in December I had to create a short piece of footage for our Preliminary task that had to show the use of various different editing techniques which eventually helped me to create my final piece as I was aware of the use and benefits of eyeline match, match-on-action and shot/reverse shots.
If I look back on my Preliminary task now in comparison to my final piece I can definitely see improvements in my work. The Preliminary task was prepared within a shorter amount of time and as such I didn’t have much time in terms of preparing for my preliminary task but the storyline was fairly simple and the aim was clear. However, my final piece required much more thought and preparation and vastly improved in terms of editing and footage as I had more time and had learnt since my preliminary what I could make improvements upon.
There are moments in my preliminary where the camera movement is not steady or the camera is not kept still as it is being hand held. I made note of this before I created my final piece and re shot any shots I thought were shaky or unsteady and kept the camera upon the tripod in shots were the camera needed to be held so as to make sure that the camera was held steadily.
Sound was also another problem that arose within my preliminary. The sound was not something we spent an awful lot of time thinking about when it came to our preliminary as the task at hand was to focus upon including the various editing techniques. Although we had created a script that worked well however we simply just threw in a piece of soundtrack from “The Dark Knight” one of the Batman films and kept it on throughout the piece. When it came to my final piece I thought more carefully about the sound I used. I used little dialogue which I think is a vast improvement to the drabbling on within my Preliminary piece that was required to create a Shot/Reverse shot and I added a piece of music on in the background and made the music rise in volume at crucial moments to build tension and added extra sound where needed to make an effect. Although I do admit sound was not my strong point in either piece and still could have bee improved in my final product.
When I was filming my preliminary I didn’t think creatively when filming my shots. When filming the conversation between the two boys I just simply used mid-shot and didn’t include close ups like I did within my final piece to create a sense of drama or reaction. Whereas in my final piece you can see the fear and hesitation in the use of close ups and such. I used a variety of angles more creatively and it created more emotion within my final piece.
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