What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from the preliminary idea to the full product?
Skills learnt in the prelim film
The first thing we had to do was make a storyboard. In the storyboard we used Ian and Sophie as the two characters, but then changed it when it came to the actual film. We used Quark to lay out our storyboard clearly, using a template. We also had to write a brief sentence or so under the images in our storyboard outlining the shot types we were going to use. When it came to actually filming it, we tried to stick to the storyboard as much as possible.
Our prelim wasn't thought out that well as we tried to do it quite quickly. We were basically given a task, which was to film a conversation between 2 people. As the idea wasn't anything too special, we had to make it better by the shot types we used and the way in which we edited it. We used a lot of close ups, and a lot of match-cutting as it was filming a conversation. The prelim was filmed in college in a small staff room, so it looked as though it could pass for a normal room in which two people would have a casual conversation in. We were wearing casual clothes and the lighting in the room was pretty normal.
Editing it overall was relatively simple as we had the ideas clearly laid out on the storyboard. The titles weren't too fancy as it was quite a straightforward task so we didn't feel the need to make them look too extravagant. The good thing about doing the pre-lim was that we got a good idea of all the technology that we had to use in our thriller, and also when it came down to making our finished thriller, using Final Cut Pro was no where near as hard to use as it was before the prelim.
Final product
Like the prelim, we did a storyboard of what we were going to do in the thriller, using Quark. When it actually came down to the thriller, we attempted to stick to it, but as the process of making it went by we experimented with different shots to see if they would work better.
When it came down to filming, we had some experience with using the camera so we were able to experiment with shots in order to make them better. As the time went by for filming our thriller, I became much more confident with filming. Honestly, I wasn't involved as much in the editing for our final thriller piece, so I can't really compare it with the skills I learnt in the prelim, what I can say is that the contribution I did give enhanced by skills quite a lot and I have become much more confident in using Final Cut Pro, although I would much prefer to learn more about it.
Editing it overall was relatively simple as we had the ideas clearly laid out on the storyboard. The titles weren't too fancy as it was quite a straightforward task so we didn't feel the need to make them look too extravagant. The good thing about doing the pre-lim was that we got a good idea of all the technology that we had to use in our thriller, and also when it came down to making our finished thriller, using Final Cut Pro was no where near as hard to use as it was before the prelim.
Like the prelim, we did a storyboard of what we were going to do in the thriller, using Quark. When it actually came down to the thriller, we attempted to stick to it, but as the process of making it went by we experimented with different shots to see if they would work better.
When it came down to filming, we had some experience with using the camera so we were able to experiment with shots in order to make them better. As the time went by for filming our thriller, I became much more confident with filming. Honestly, I wasn't involved as much in the editing for our final thriller piece, so I can't really compare it with the skills I learnt in the prelim, what I can say is that the contribution I did give enhanced by skills quite a lot and I have become much more confident in using Final Cut Pro, although I would much prefer to learn more about it.
13. Orrie Jimack, Ian Keserue, Sophie Larkin-Tannett, Luke Zelkowiicz from 283goswell on Vimeo.
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