EVALUATION7 - Comparing Our Preliminary Task With Our Final Product.

THE VIDEO CLIP

CONTINUITY

Over time, there are many aspects of media we have learnt and developed, looking at the clip above, the first comparison I have made is, 'Continuity' being the major problem our group struggled with. From our preliminary task, our continuity was not kept consistent, however, with our final product, we remembered to keep the story going through out different camera shots.

Though continuity seems like it would be an easy task to remember, with the issues and pressure of filming and keeping the storyboard, you tend to forget. Though in our final product using this media element is not perfect, we attempted to keep it as close to 'sense' as possible.

SOUND

In our preliminary task, the sound we used was the same through out the same video clip which did not allow us to explore different atmosphere's that could of been created through-out the clip.

During our final product, we used different sound tracks including, 'Drone Dark Suspense' and instruments such as Violins. As we correlated the sounds with the actions, it emphasised what was being seen and created the suspense atmosphere for the audience.

180DEGREES CAMERA SHOT

At the time of filming our preliminary task, we were unaware of the 180degrees camera shot rule; this involves keeping the camera on the same side of a charater even when the camera changes position.

As we made a list of compulsory tasks to complete with our final product, the 180degrees camera shot rule was obtained and we remembered to keep the camera on the same side of the villians shoulder when putting the victim into the bag. In effect, it looks much better and makes the viewing for the audience more comfortable.

MISE-en-SCENE; props, make-up & location

Our group was limited to using the corridor in the college for our location, yet we brought in the props of a table and chairs to create the atmosphere of a classroom. We also used a mobile phone and a sweet packet to establish why they were in detention to create a 'believable' storyline.

With our final product, we varied our props from a bin liner, a car, black dark costumes and our location was where we wanted to film. The use of the location was more effective than having to use a classroom and creating the location ourselves - moreover, it's easier! The make-up we used for our final product was more convincing for our atmosphere rather than the natural look in our preliminary task.

CAMERA USE

With our preliminary task, the camera shots we used were pretty simple such as long shot, close-up shots and a few over-the-shoulder shots, however, with our final product, we attempted to use our camera shots in a more creative way.