Malevolent Phantom
Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to fill product?
When we did our preliminary task we experimented as it was our first practical task. We knew about the rules for filming such as 180 degree rule and other shot types so we practiced and included it for our preliminary task. We mostly focused on the continuity because we felt that it was a important part of making a film good so the audience doesn't feel that it reflects real life so therefore they aren't able to engage with the story completely so continuity was thought during the making of our horror opening. From our preliminary task we identified areas which our preliminary lacked so we were able to improve our skills and apply it to our opening and we also practiced the shot reversed shot. The preliminary task also helped us with the editing process because we tried out new features such as cropping, transition etc. We learnt so much from our preliminary task and analysing the horror genre opening scene such as Scream, The Ring and Women in Black. The match on action was used for our preliminary and final opening scene because we thought that it was very effective camera use and our technique had improved, during our editing process our skills had massively improved so we were easily able to cut scenes with the software we were using. We used the phone ringing although we improved it for our final opening scene because we added a non-diegetic ringing and vibration which made it clear to the audience that the phone was ringing. We found that a script was very useful as we had to re-film some of our preliminary scene because we were unable to remember our dialogue once the camera started without hesitating.
The production titles for our preliminary task looked very simple and basic due to our lack of knowledge in editing therefore we used the editing program Sony Vegas because it was simple to work with however there wasn't may features which made the footage plain. During our preliminary task everyone was involved however for our final opening scene we were organised and had specific roles we had to focus on which made our official titles professional. Compared to our final opening scene the titles for the preliminary task has a cloudy background which does conform the horror genre as it's dark but it may cause the audience to lose focus from the beginning. While the titles for the our official opening is combined with the beginning of the film so they audience are likely to focus on the characters.
As we've done more editing and gained more skills we had more knowledge to use the Adobe Premier Elements editing software that allowed us to play around with the features we were satisfied with the opening titles. We also put the titles in different part of the screen to see which placement and font/size suits the overall look. As a group we made different production titles "KSNH Films" and "Aspire Production" which is included in the beginning of the opening scene.
For our preliminary task we had extremely low ranges of shots, most of the shots were medium shot, there was a brief high angled shot in the beginning and shot reverse shot. We focused on the filming techniques such as the 180 degree rule which continued through the filming and applied it to every scene. As weeks progressed we had improved our filming skills and the knowledge of how each techniques worked and applied it to our final opening e.g extreme long shots. By analysing films we knew what shots were suitable for a horror genre opening so it has a impact on our audience such as the extreme close up. Once the preliminary task was finished we reviewed it so we would improve our mistakes e.g shot reversed shot so when we were making our opening, the process was quicker as did alot of planning.
The preliminary task was planned very briefly so we had to improvise with our dialogue because we had a short amount of time to plan and as a group we all decided that we would focus on the shot types and camera technique instead on the content. However of our official opening we had a longer time to plan so we were able to write up a script and add more detail. We also practices how we would voice out the dialogue so it has an effect to the audience. The script for our official opening is published in our blog post to show that we added detail to it.
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