Evaluation Task 7 - What i Have learnt in terms of Progression

After we created the final film and finished editing it we were tasked to compare individual aspects of our final film with the preliminary task we were set.This allows us to witness the advancements we have made in terms of our ability in both filming and editing and also allows us to make a comparison between similar aspects which are present in both films.

The first shot comparison is the title sequence we used for both the final film and the preliminary task. The first title sequence presented is from the preliminary task and you can see that the font and styling is simple but effective as it clearly presents the relative information needed for the task set. Whilst the second title sequence shown is from the final film in which you can see a notable difference in the professionalism of the final title. You can see that the title represents the action movie genre well as it is sharp and metallic as we thought that that would be the most effective way to conform to the codes and conventions of the action film.

The next shot we are comparing is that of the dialogue present in both the preliminary task and our final movie. When presenting the dialogue we originally used a shot-reverse shot in the preliminary task as it was simple to film and allowed prevalence to be shown of the characters. However the final film we presented the dialogue through the use of a two shot which we thought would be more appropriate for our film as it focuses less on the individual characters and focuses more on the relationships shown between the protagonists. In the second shot you can see a notable quality difference as we were able to film the two shot outside which allowed us to have more smooth lighting and the quality of the camera we used also increases the quality of the overall shot compared to the preliminary task.

The final shot we selected was an over the shoulder shot which was present in both the preliminary task and our final film. In the preliminary task we filmed the shot during the dialogue of the scene whilst in the final movie we used it to symbolise the upcoming fight between the characters. However a key difference between the two is that in the first picture the over the shot gives prevalence to the character in the background whilst the second picture clearly focuses more on the character presented in the foreground. Once again there is also a difference in quality due to the better camera we used for the actual film which allows more detail to be present allowing the audience to feel as if the character is more relateable.