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

I feel i have learnt a variety of skills and techniques from my preliminary task. Firstly its the basics, such as working the camera  and knowing how long to hold the shot until it gets over used. I also learnt the basics of iMovie to edit on its system effectively by using various transition techniques and by adding sound effects to create a specific type of tone and mood. I have also realized  that choosing your actors can have a effect on your final production. When i filmed my preliminary task i just chose people from my media studies class as the cast because it was the easiest option for me, i learnt from this mistake because for my foundation production i chose actors who took drama for GCSE and A-level and have had A and A* grades in this subject. And the outcome was great i couldn't have asked for better actors who fitted the roles so effectively.

I have also improved different skills which are essential for work involving media. For example i now have better communication skills,this is because me and Dan ( the person who I'm working with) now share our ideas with each other to see if we both come to an agreement if we should use this idea or if we shouldn't, with our preliminary task we didn't communicate as much and we just used random ideas and techniques without consulting each other, and this results in greater team management skills. I feel that I have learnt that time management is essential when editing and filming, because when we filmed our preliminary task it only took us a few hours to do and we should have done some re-shoots and altogether taken more care. But when we filmed our foundation production it took us around 8 hours altogether, it took this long due to us taking more care, re shooting and experimenting with different camera shot with new scenes.