Looking back at my preliminary task I felt like my understanding towards creating our thriller opening sequence had improved greatly. The reason being is our group planning when creating the preliminary task wasn’t as well done because of confusion of what our storyline should be and the correct characters starring. During the start we all had our own specific ideas and had agreement issues but as time went out and as we went on wanting to create our thriller opening ‘One for the Road’ we all came up with a theme and style we wanted to stick with. Our planning of characters, location, props and equipment was used to its full advantage since we went out of school premises to film. We were also more inventive which allowed us to re-create similar shots and scenes from films we were looking at in order to help us to influence us. The location, props, costumes and equipment was properly discussed and planned out which helped the group in case any group members were absent when it came to filming. We also filmed it fitting to our school timetable where as when filming the preliminary task we had very little time because we weren’t sure of the other team members timetable. Once creating the preliminary task, my knowledge of how to create a successful mise en scene had grown. Within 'One for the road’ opening sequence, you can see we have clearly thought about the location, the costumes, the shot types, the lighting and appearance of the characters. This was not portrayed within our preliminary project. In our final project we ensured that the costumes worn by our two characters represented their roles; the protagonist dressed in dull, black casual attire. The location was not a typical thriller location as it was filmed during the day; however this was done on purpose in order to make our opening seem ‘normal’. With our preliminary task although the equipment used was similar to what we used in our thriller opening sequence the camera shots and angles weren’t used to its best advantage. We stuck to only simple camera shots such as 180 degree rule, shot reverse shot, close up and match on action. The shots used were limited because we wanted to first experiment and get ourselves familiarised with the various shots and angles we could do and how effective it was. As well as using the camera we had access to the tripod which was used effectively and helped us in keeping our shots steady. In the beginning it took we time to figure out how to adjust to the right size but when it came to our thriller opening we were certain how to adjust it to the suitable size. In our opening sequence we made use of the camera being held up by the tripod for steady shots as well as holding it in our hand to create camera shots such as POV and shaky camera. Shots such as close ups, extreme close ups, mid shot, wide shot, match on action, POV and 180 degree rule were used throughout, as we adapted some from our preliminary task. For both the preliminary task and thriller opening sequence we used similar programmes used by the Mac. Final Cut Pro and Garage Band were both used for editing and creating music. Having minimal knowledge of our editing program Final Cut Pro when compiling our footage of the preliminary task together, the standard of editing was poor. You can see this as we have not cut some clips short enough and some cuts are untidy. Since doing this, I have learnt how to successfully edit on Final Cut Pro and ensure the finished cut has as much as professional look as is possible. I also I also have learnt how to show a relation between two characters through placing cuts together. This was especially important in our thriller opening scene with the female character walking in the car park as she walks around the car. Our thriller opening was better off because there was more of the film to edit as it was longer and better effects to add because of our chosen theme (neo-noir films).
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