When i first started the task i had very little knowledge of filming techniques and how to edit. Therefore i knew there was going to be lots of things that i would have to learn. Some of these were easier to grasp than others but as a group we managed to help each other out and get the task complete. The group i was in was with people i didn't know until i started sixth form. Therefore this was another task we had to overcome, which was finding out about each other and working with people we have never worked with before. Over time we all got to know each other and managed to help someone if they had a problem with a specific task so we could get back on track and continue with our work.
Our preliminary task gave us an understanding of all the different aspects of production: planning, filming, editing and evaluating.
One of the main things that i have learnt from completing this task is new editing skills, and how you can turn a normal clip into something so different with a few clicks of a button. The editing software that we used was called Adobe Premier Pro.
When it came to the first time using this software i did not have a clue on how to use it. This is because it is such an advanced piece of editing software that has so many different functions. Due to the whole class feeling the same we had a university student who specializes in this editing software come in. He gave the whole class a basic tutorial on how to use the software so we could all start with something. He also came round to the groups individually and answered any questions we have about the software.
This really helped our group because it saved us a lot of time, because we didn't have to search for tutorials on how to do certain things as we were able to ask the university student.
I have improved my camera skills over this preliminary task as we obviously had to do a lot of filming to do. When i first started filming i only knew very basic shots and angles you can use with a camera. However over lessons i learnt how many different camera angles and shots there are to make a film look more interesting. I also learnt that there are lots of different functions that cameras have on them which can also make a clip look more interesting.
The cameras that we used were Panasonic Hd video cameras.
Making our film opening also included a lot of research about films of our specific genre. Therefore i have learnt a lot about how you can use editing techniques to make a film suit the particular genre. For instance changing the lighting to dark to promote fear ad terror which would be used in a horror film.
I have learnt lots of things about what needs to go into film opening to make it interesting and successful so the audience can identify the genre of the film, but also be intrigued and want to watch the whole film.
Our preliminary task gave us a taster of using storyboards, shot logs, time schedules and choosing locations etc. which are all essential. Although it was more simple than planning our main task, we still made some mistakes that we learnt from and made sure we didn't do again.
I have learnt how a story board for your film can help keep you on track and know exactly what shots you need to film, where and for how long. All this planning is key to making a successful film opening.
Overall after completing this task i feel i have such a wider knowledge of media and what is included and have a confident feeling when it comes to editing and filming. We have been able to make many mistakes in the other tasks building up to our final task, so when we finally came to creating our final film opening we were confident as a group that we would make minimal mistakes to assure a good film opening was created.
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