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?

Since the prelim task at the start of the year my knowledge and understanding and also skills to do much more from the basic task where there was no real planning or effort put into making the prelim video the only basic things we were taught for that were the three concepts of shot reverse shot the 180 degree rule and the match on action all of which we had to include in the prelim task, then moving onto the microdrama with the rest of the guys in my class and taking in vital information from Dave in class time.

For the microdrama task we were not told to do much but that we had to produce a short film that lasted between 5-10 mins and we did it over a day when we were all free, this was all done over the social network site of Facebook to arrange a location and place where the short film was going to be filmed, the site was my house and the cast was all of the lads in the class due to all of them being in a group with me. The micro drama was good and got a lot of praise from various different teachers and was said at the time was the best micro drama produced to date in the media class of Dave

Also not only just the camera work but the different sorts of information and techniques and terminology was worked on and developed over the year and this was all done in class time to gain the full advantages sheets with the different bits were provided by Dave of which all the notes and techniques are on which we have used to help remind us of the different things learned. Also the exam techniques and explanations of what we have to do and need to include in various different essay questions and how to go about answering and in detail produce good answers with all the terminology and examples to gain the top grades

Moving on to our coarse work which was the main and key aspect of the years work where we were able to show what we had learned in terms of camera work and editing and soundtrack skills also it was a good way to see what different correct decisions we made and what would need to be worked on in terms of developing and improving areas that needed changes, The cinematography and miss en scene that was used in our film opening were good as told by Dave and the various different feedbacks we got from viewers, also the effects and editing were good as well and they worked well with how we used different things to create more of an atmosphere and sense of tension throughout the film opening, However what we felt that the sound track could have been better and was fairly rushed and as some of our feedback suggests so did other viewers. However we feel that the film opening was a success and we are proud of the work that we have created.