Prelim task Evaluation

Our Prelim task went well as this task gave our group a good insight into how to film correctly in order to make a good short movie. I reckon that after doing the Prelim task we could have made it a little better because of the new skills we learned along the way but considering we were new to the media skills needed to film, we made the prelim task with a good standard of quality. An example would be the sound in our Thriller. This is because at the moment we are editing our Thriller and we have got a great track that was made from one of our group members called Joel for the Thriller. So maybe if we created a track in our Prelim task then it would have made it even better. In our Prelim task we had to consider factors like camera angles, editing, sound, mise-en-scene and more in order to complete the task given. This was a big positive to our task as we constantly made sure that we were keeping to the guidelines of the task. For example one of the guidelines was to hold a shot steady were appropriate. Completing all these guidelines would ensure that we would be in the chance of getting the highest marks possible. After completing the Prelim task we now know a lot more skills in Media that we can use in our next filming task which will be the Thriller. This means we will have a better understanding of the vital aspects of Media like camera angles, sound, mise-en-scene, lighting and much more. The strenghs of our task was the great balance so that we did not overflow the short movie with as many different skills as possible because if for example we had to much music then the task will not be very interesting and the plot will be distracted by the amount of music and no dialogue. Another example would be if we decided to add as many different camera angles as possible into the task. This would not have worked because the viewer would be confused with the amount of movement and not be able to concentrate on the real plot of the Prelim task. So by keeping a good balance in the Prelim task we have ensured that the audience fully understand the plot and still be able to have a few media skills added into the Thriller at the same time.