Evaluation question 7.

7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in progression from it to the full product?


From the preliminary task, I learned alot about using the video cameras, such as how to work them, and the 180 degree rule, which must me paid attention to, otherwise, the footage looks unrealistic and it looks as though people are jumping to different places.


I also learned how to edit, and how to use the programme adobe premier pro. With my coursework, I started to use audio transitions on the music pieces, as they make the overall sound more more soother, and it flows better. Before this, I broke the music up into sections and changed the audio gain, which, without the crossfade audio transition, sounded clunky and unprofessional.

This is a shot of how I used audio tranistions to fade in music. It also shows how I added video transitions such as fades to black between scenes of the girls and scenes of the boys, in order to keep them seperate.
In addition, my camerawork developed alot better between the priliminary task and the main task, and I included more intersting shots in my final piece such as this tracking shot of Ryan.

Sometimes it was hard to find a time when all actors needed in a scene were all free at the same time, and it was almost impossible to film in dinnertimes at college due to there being lots of students around at that time and the college being a lot noisier, causing problems with sound. I ended up having to film the first scene with the boys twice before changing it completely to the phone conversation, which I think worked better in the end.

Gaining feedback off fellow students, who were prime examples of my target audience, helped enormously as, to me, it is their opinion which matters as they are who my work is aimed at, and the type of people who I would want to watch my film. The people who have watched my film have enjoyed it, and have particulary commented in a positive way on the music that I have used. For example, Rose Williams said "I wanted the video to continue to see what happened. I like the use of music especailly the piece used when the characters were choosing what to wear. I also like the split screen when they were choosing what to wear. I thought the script was good and the acting was too."