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

The central focus of the preliminary task was to experiment and explore various camera angles to help us adjust to using a camera properly and also giving us an idea of how shots should be taken and established. As we successfully used a various range of shots within the opening of our media product, we felt that we had progressed further as a group since filming the preliminary task. Also establishing the 180 degree rule in the preliminary tasked helped us identify the line between a cameras postion and the audiences perspective. Over the duration time my knowledge and awareness of how to capture certain camera shots and camera angles has improved dramatically,this will contribute in the future when other media products are created, so I can again improve and develop on my knowledge furthermore. I firstly understood the simple basic camera shots such as the: low angle shots, mid shots and close up shots. My curiosity increased when i explored other various shots such as: over the shoulder shots, extreme close up shots and establishing shots. Through my curiosity I managed to develop my skills of camera use evenmore.

I have also learnt about the basic concept of media production and how the filming industry works to achieve its goals and its full potentials. I now realise that if you want a high quality standard product, you have to film in separate stages rather than rushing and trying to film in one day for example. I have also established the fact that you need to construct shots over and over again as the audience pay attention the slightest details and if errors are shown in production, you will lose recognition as a production label. Overall the filming process roughly took around one week. The opening scene was shortened down to 2 minutes and 50 seconds which emphasises the time it takes to produce a whole film.

As the software was unfamiliar to us at first we had no idea of how to edit our piece, but with time and experience, we had finally mastered a majority of the concepts as a group, learning new skills in the process, which will be beneficial in future media productions. Through using this software I have gained knowledge in how to: split shots, adjust colour filters, adjust lighting, add effective transitions, importing music, overlapping footage and many more technical features. I have now identified the skill level needed to produce a media product and also the simple steps that real media producers take before producing their product. But once these basic concepts have been mastered, you begin to familiarise yourself within media production, with aspects of production coming naturally.

In conclusion I believe I have learnt lots of valuable information since filming the preliminary task, which i will take into consideration in the future. I have been fascinated by the establishment of the film industry whilst enjoying the filming process resulting into to more insight into media production.