Post 8: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

1. Throughout the “Main Task” I have developed a variety of skills; these skills have benefited the project in the best way possible. With both the main task and the prelim task we explored the use of the 180° rule. The 180° rule gives a guideline whilst making the films. If the camera appears to pas over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and would be wrong. Throughout the “main task” project we successfully didn’t cross the imaginary axis and sufficiently kept to all guidelines.

The diagram above shows the 180° rule.

2. During filming of the “main task” we attempted to use a variety of different shots to benefit us for marking and to enable the film to look a much better quality. During the last scene of the film we used a selection of shot reverse shots during conversation. Due to the film cutting too quickly at the end, through no fault but our own, we had to cut out the last bit of dialogue. This has resulted in us having fewer shots, after much deliberation as a group we saw no problem with this as it now looks better at the end.

3. After the “Ped” scene we originally were going to have another scene which consisted of the girls in the school toilets talking. After filming the remainder of the scenes and editing them, we didn’t think it would be beneficial to film the extra scene. With such a fitted time span, filming an extra scene that wasn’t necessarily needed didn’t seem worth it at the time. To come to this decision we had a selection of group discussions and all agreed that it wouldn’t be needed.