Looking back at your preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression of it to the full product.

Task brief
Add continuity. Walk through a door.
A brief discussion between to characters.
The clip had to show match on action, shot reverse shot and must follow the 180 degree rule.

Continuity



From the preliminary task i learnt the importance of continuity within a film. continuity helps the audience make good sense of a film moreover it allows suspense within the film to be created. Continuity is something that we found very important and useful in our main task as it helped with the suspense of our film. To fulfill good continuity within a film we found out that we had to take a variety of shots for one scene, and later in the editing when we look through the footage we shot, we will choose the shots that we would like to add in our preliminary task.
the rules of continuity include:

• coherent narrative. So that audience do not question the sequence of the film



• narrative tension . this allows disbelief within the audience



• seamless editing. This also allows a continuous flow for the film.

Shot reverse shot

With the shot reverse shot one figured that doing this shot would be when a script would be useful. This is because in each take and angle, the dialogue needs to be the same, this helps with continuity with the film. we took many shots and takes for the shot reverse shot therefore we would have more footage to work with within the film while editing.

Working in groups:
while doing the preliminary task we had to work in groups, as this is what we would be doing for the main task. Things that we learnt while working in group include

• That it is essential for all group members to contribute their ideas during filming so that all shots can be taken and more footage can be worked with.



• That it is essential to listen to what others say in the group as this will prevent arguing and fighting within the group.



• Good communication within the group is essential as good communication enables good organisation of filming and gathering actors for the film in which my group later found out during the filming of abduction.

(members of my group working together during filming)

Planning and production of Abduction

• The fact that the preliminary planning was more or less improvised by our group, we learnt that planning was essential for our group, by this the quality of our film would be of a better quality and the film would take less time to shoot.
  
• A storyboard made it much easier for the cameraman to get the right shots for the film, with his he knew the angle to shoot, where to shoot and when to stop, moreover he also had a good idea of what we were looking for in the camera work as a group.


• with the experience from the preliminary task my group knew the importance of planning beforehand, the planning also helped with the editing, knowing when Diagetic and non-diagetic sound would come into use, the exact sound to use during the different scenes.

• Planning also helped us to gather actors and know what we were looking for with actors.
  

Research within audiences

Although there was no research for the preliminary task, research was critical for the main task. the reason for research was to know what our audience would want in a film. we did this through a poll and asking people in our desired audience. Research was critical so that our film didn't become a unsuccessful in drawing an audience. it was apparent that our research had payed off because of the buzz around the film when it was shown to the first few people in our intended audience.

( intended audience)

The most important thing i learnt was to plan well for the film, and do good research. moreover organisation and communication is the key for a good production, and at times our group didn't show enough of that. moreover i learnt how important a script was for exspecially for narrative, so that components like shot reverse shot could be added in the film.