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
