Preliminary Exercise Differences To Main Task

As our main task differed a lot from our preliminary exercise i have decided to blog up to lists in reference to question 7 about the the differences between the two tasks. 

 Preliminary Task

• Only had 1 hour to shoot and plan
• Only had 1 hour to edit
• Far less creative
• Basic shot types
• More rigid brief
• Not designed for a specific target audience
• No non-diegetic sound used to create an atmosphere
• No titles
• No special FX
• Main focus was getting technical elements correct
• Didn’t mind if there were mistakes
• Put into set groups
• Location had to be in school
• The sequence had to be 30 seconds long
• Did not do any research
• No test shoots
• Did not use whiteboard as effectively

Main Task

• Had weeks to shoot and plan
• Had weeks to edit
• More creative
• More freedom with the brief
• Non-diegetic music added in the form of a soundtrack
• Titles added saying the title of the film, name of actors, etc.
• Special FX were added
• Main focus was on audience appeal
• Wanted it to be perfect
• We researched into things
• Chose our groups
• Had a wide range of choice for locations
• The sequence had to be 2 minutes
• Wider range of shot types
• Had chances to replan
• Test shoots
• More efficient with the white board
• More shot takes
• Had to edit to create suspense