Evaluation Question 7

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

Looking back at my preliminary task, I feel like I have learnt a lot from the progression of the task to the full product.  I feel that my final product is a lot different to that of my preliminary task. The overall appearance of the two are contrasting and are very different in how they're presented. I learnt a lot more doing my full product as I had a lot more work to do on my own that I had with my preliminary task. Although I worked on the preliminary task on my own as well, the depth of my planning and research of the full product was a lot more intense and therefore I learnt how to work hard on my own and use time management well - compared to the preliminary task which didn't take as long. 

From the outcome of my preliminary task to the development of my product, I think that I learnt a lot regarding the shooting. For my preliminary I only took one shot of each and therefore the outcome wasn't as great as it could've been. I therefore decided that my full product should have a lot more shots of the same in order to be able to pick the best possible one. I learnt this from the outcome of the preliminary task. I also learnt about camera movement during this process. During my preliminary task, my camera movement was quite sloppy and when I looked it over, I wasn't 100% satisfied with it and therefore learnt that it was important to take your time when doing camera shots - especially if it uses tilts, pans or zooms. This new information that I had gained was put into consideration when doing my product and therefore I took my time and ensured that I had the correct camera movements I needed. This therefore made my full product look a lot more professional than my preliminary task. 

I also think that I have learnt how to maintain the best flow throughout when it comes to the camera shots. For my preliminary task, the shots didn't follow each other 100% and therefore didn't continuously flow (as actions did not match one another very well). I thought that this didn't look very good in the outcome so I therefore decided to ensure that the movements within each shot followed one another for my final product. I learnt to ensure that the shots flow in order to create consistency. This made the overall outcome of my full product a lot better than my preliminary task as it looked more professional and smooth. Overall, I think that doing the preliminary task helped me to develop my understanding of shooting and therefore enabled me to feel more confident when I was shooting the final product. I think that this was important as it gave me a sense of direction as to how I envisioned my final product. This therefore gave me the knowledge and experience I needed to ensure a good outcome.