Below, you can see that I have 3 videos. One show the prelim video and the thriller with a short evaluation of what I have learnt voiced over, the other shows the prelim video, and the last one is the thriller video.
Audio Script:
Looking back at the preliminary task, I feel I have learnt and improved a lot compared to my thriller opening. In particular, I learnt a lot about the range of camera shots available, and a lot about the camera itself. During the shooting of the preliminary, I felt like I didn’t have a clue what I was doing in terms of camera work, which I didn’t. Although, when it came to filming the thriller, I definitely felt more comfortable, more involved, and more controlled. I have definitely made a lot of progress within my given group role, which was to make the soundtracks. Going from just using default clips from garage band to actually recording my own soundtrack was a huge step to take! I feel like I achieved it and I made it work well within our piece. Using different programs other than garage band was a little but uncomfortable at first, but I slowly managed to get used to the change. I used the programs logic pro and audacity which were both new to me, meaning I was very shaky about using them at first. I also learnt a lot about the editing process, in the way that our thriller needed a lot more general editing and transition work in order for it to reach its full potential. Whereas, in the preliminary, most of the footage pretty much spoke for itself. As far as planning goes, the Thriller needed a lot more; however this is where our preliminary helped us. We created storyboards, shot lists, mood boards and factual research to help us, whereas we only did what, less that half of this for our prelim. It helped us because we knew we needed to do more planning for it to be as good as it can. We also faced a lot more problems when it came to filing the thriller. This included aspects such as the weather, the batter life of the camera, organisation issues and so on. The weather wasn’t a factor with the prelim task as we shot it all inside. The battery life was a problem with the thriller as we were out for longer and again, we shot the prelim inside so we could charge the battery easier. Organisation was a problem because we had outside actors, incidentally meaning getting them in at the right times was an issue. All in all though, I feel I have learnt a great deal within the adaptation from prelim, to the final thing, and that it takes a lot more hard work, planning and effort In order for it to be what we want it to be.
Changes made during Planning of the thriller and prelim
Some of the changes we made during planning the prelim task are changing
many of the different camera positions so we didn’t break the 180 degree rule.
We quickly learnt about this rule and adjusted our shots to suit it. Also, we
added in more of a variety of shots in order to achieve maximum marks for it.
This means we included more of a range of shots such as close-ups,
establishing shots, and extreme close-ups for the major details. We made a
few changes to our storyboard also, mainly because we needed it to replicate
our final piece, changing the diagrams and text within it. Another key change
we made was deciding which music to have. We needed it to juxtapose with
the footage that we shot, regarding the pace of it.
Some of the changes we made during planning the thriller include changing
our plot altogether so that it wasn’t too cliché. What we did was we changed it
from a chase scene, to a gender reversed kidnapping/killing. We also, changed
our storyboards a fair bit, as making a storyboard is probably the most time
consuming part of planning. I personally also made a lot of changes to the
soundtracks, whether I was changing the key, the speed, looping etc. I also
changed my ideas a lot when I was writing the soundtrack for the credits, as I
wanted to get it perfect regarding fitting with the scene.
These two shots both show the title of the clip. As you can see, we used integrated titles for the preliminary task, and we filmed the titles more professionally in our thriller. Filming titles instead of using integrated ones shows more skill and shows a sense of professionalism. It also has a better effect on the audience as they would feel more into the film, and because it is a thriller, they would feel more tense and in suspense seeing it like this. However, the prelim tasks titles aren’t bad, mainly because it stands out with the white writing on the black background. Also, you can’t see it here because it is a still image, but the titles have animation on them. ‘The deal’ writing moves in opposite direction to the sub-titles giving it a swift, edgy effect. 
These two shots are somewhat similar in thee fact that they are both close ups of the hands showing what they are doing in detail. The top one from the prelim video shows a hand on the door with no special effects added, however the bottom one from the thriller shows an adaptation from the prelim as we added a grainer effect in order to make it look more thriller-like. We gained inspiration to do this shot from filming our prelim, as we thought it worked very well due to adding specific detail that the audience picks out. Overall, here is what I learnt in the progression from the prelim task to the final product:
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