Comparing my preliminary film to my final product

After analysing both my preliminary and final film, there are a few observations that I have made in regards to my progress and skills which i believe have developed greatly.


Production:  

When filming my preliminary task I had very minimal practise with the camera and framing techniques, for example there were many scenes where I was thinking of the different shots I can film from as I was filming at that moment also, there were other times where I was sat thinking for a moment which kind of took up a lot of time, nonetheless we completed it. In addition, when filming my preliminary task I wasn't able to adjust the settings on the camera, as I was not familiar with the concepts of ISO, Shutter speed ect. These two skills has progressed when filming my final product as I was competent with camera equipment and when filming no time was wasted as I knew how exactly I should film each scene and which angle worked best with each shot. This organised my time as well as gave me confidence when filming. I was able to change the settings on my camera making it look professional.



Post-production: 
 
I believe my skills have developed in the editing stages from my preliminary task to my final product. When editing my preliminary task I was unsure of how to crop and trim footage that's on the screen, so I was not able to use footage where the acting was very good because there was an unwanted item/actress in the shot. Whereas, when editing my final task I was able to create extreme close up shots on an over the shoulder angle due to having an unwanted item in the shot. Moreover, I added effects into my preliminary film, however, I was unsure that this type of effect of the 'underwater effect' would be appealing to my audiences, when editing my final production the faded ‘sun effect’ and ‘prism’ effect I believe was far more effective in expressing to the audiences that this is a flash back scene.


Overall, conducting a preliminary film not only equipped me with a set of camera skills but also helped me developed my organisation skills as well as gave me the confidence of using Final Cut Pro.