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

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

We progressed in our mindset towards these different tasks. For instance in the preliminary task we just wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible so we did a quick storyboard of a couple of 2 people breaking up and her walking off with someone else. Whereas the main task we planned over and over again because we had to get the days we were shooting right so that if it rains in one shot it must rain in the shot after that shot. It must also be dark outside as in grey dark so that people do not think that it was a different day.

Our lack of knowledge with the equipment was our most difficult problem as well as the short time we had between actually filming and being told that we had to film. This meant that we could not prepare the film the way we wanted to and we could not set up in a better environment other than a class room with class room tables instead of restaurant tables. The equipment gave us a lot of trouble as well when we were editing because there were certain aspects of the editing area that we did not know about.

We learnt by preparing in advance our whole main task. That was our biggest problem with the preliminary and because of the limited time we sort of panicked. We learnt through the advice of our peers how to use our time well and constructively and we also learnt how to use certain aspects of the editing equipment which meant that we could make a perfect main task. Through our preparation in advance we also learnt what locations are suitable for our film and we also knew when our locations were free so as to make sure we get a peaceful time filming.

We also improved on our preliminary by being allowed to have a score for the main task, without a score your film lacks a lot of interest because a score can carry the film through slow periods during the film.