Evaluation (Part 8) - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learn in the progression from it to the full product?

Preliminary Task:
Digital Technology:



Strengths:
I think one of the main strengths of the work was the actual continuity of the work and the match on action. This was the main objective of the preliminary task and I think we executed it smoothly. For example at 0.04 when I open the door from one angle and then the camera cuts to the interior of the room at 0.05 and the continuity was smooth and had the perfect timing. 

Weaknesses:

I think the weaknesses of the digital technology could have been how I handled the camera in some shots. For example, at 0.20 when using the handheld camera, I was very shaky which ruined the focus and quality of the picture.

Improvements:
I have improved this in my final opening sequence 'Framed' as at 0.28 in my final sequence I am again using a handheld camera yet this time I managed to keep the camera in focus and less shaky improving the picture quality.

Post Production:
Strengths:
I think the strengths in post production were the editing. I think the cuts we added to the preliminary task was effective especially at 0.11 where it cuts to a close of the clock to connote time has passed.

Weaknesses:

I think that a weakness of the post production is that there may not have been enough transitions added when editing the work. I think adding a few more may have made the preliminary task look visually better.

Improvements:

I think I have improved and developed my editing skills in post production as I have learnt how to add audio files into the movie, how to import graphics into the movie, reduce the contrast by a certain percentage and how to increase the sound of audio at certain parts and decrease the sound.                             

Planning and Research:

Strengths:

The strengths of our planning and research for our preliminary task was the story board and the actual research itself. We would not have been able to get the shots  right if we did not know the research itself - for example the rule of three and the match on action and the 180 degrees rule. 

Weaknesses:

I think the main weakness of planning and research was that there wasn't enough time to plan more extensively as my partner and I had joined the media subject later then everyone else so we had limited time to plan.

Improvements:

I have made improvements in the planning and research section in my final opening sequence as I have managed to use the knowledge gained from the research in final production such as the match on action, rule of three etc.

Creativity:

Strengths:

I used my creativity to develop the scenario as I thought we went with a different idea to everyone else's  We could have came up with the typical narrative which everyone uses but we decided to try something different and unique which I believe made us stand out from the others. The narrative of our short movie was I was a police officer interrogating Spencer as he had supposedly committed a crime, which no one else did which made is unique.

Weaknesses:

I think that I could have made the narrative a little more interesting as even though the idea was original, it did not seem fast paced enough and attention attracting.

Improvements:

I think that i have taken the creativity and the original narrative of the preliminary task and developed my skills onto the final opening sequence as I thought of an original and unique narrative for that too.

Targets For Next Year:

My targets for next year would definitely be to use my time wisely and as I have learnt that time management is a key area and an area which I lacked in this years tasks. Other targets would be to add a little more use of editing skills such as adding some more transitions into clips to link or separate to scenes and make my work more visually appealing and interesting.