Since our preliminary task in September, we have improved our skills in various areas of media from filming and editing, to organisation and time management.
The first major improvement was the camerawork included in our final film. Our earlier work consisted of very basic shot types, such as mid shots and close ups, whereas we utilised more impressive shots, such as money and low angle for our final product. Our camera movements also improved, becoming much smoother and more steady than those of our preliminary task. Over the year, I have become a lot more aware of impressive shots and movements and actively look out for them when consuming media products. A particular style which I would love to explore, is the use of long takes, capturing all of the scene in a smooth, uninterrupted shot- a technique continually employed by Damien Chazelle in the musical numbers of La La Land.
Editing skills were another part of media which we really developed, by becoming much more aware of techniques such as match on action and sequencing. When creating our storyboards we were much less familiar of the types of shots which work well in a sequence, however at the time of which we started filming, our knowledge had dramatically increased, and were able to make decisions and change shot types without hesitation. This ultimately allowed for us to work quicker as we could eliminate shots that wouldn't work without the need for re-shooting.
As for our time management, we took considerably longer than other groups to complete our filming. However, we got into the habit of creating shooting schedules and pre-planning what we would do on each day. Unfortunately, we only started using plans halfway through filming, and arguably, we could've been much more time efficient had we carried this out from the start. In our preliminary, time management wasn't really an issue, as it was a much shorter task so could all be done in one afternoon. Creating schedules and working to a plan is something we can utilise in A2, when creating our music videos.
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