CameraworkI can’t personally comment on a comparison of my own camerawork when commenting upon the progression from the prelim task and this task as I didn’t operate the camera personally in my prelim task. However speaking on the camerawork in that initial task done by Laura it is obvious that there has been a progression in camera work, the shot from 00:49-00:54 in the initial project, though a close up best done on a tripod, isn’t stable which takes away from the professionalism. There was a significant change in the camera quality from what I can see, the camera is a lot more stable when using secure shots, and even in section such as 2:01-2:05 in the final piece there is a follow shot that is relatively stable which just proves the development in camerawork.

Sound/ Script Sound/ Script – The Microphone on the camera is not the

best and produces a grainy audio quality as discovered in ‘The Break Up’ and this created a worse standard of film, even if it is not an evident problem as much as others are. To right the problem that I discovered, I opted to have a short script overall for both the prelim task and my final piece; the final product ending up with even fewer lines than I intended due to the poor sound quality. The clicking of the Tri-pod were picked up and that together with grainy sound quality weren’t appeasing me so I ended up with my third filming session that changed the look of piece altogether as the sound quality was so bad, I wanted a new, speechless scene i.e. the scene with Rhiann walking.

EditingThe preliminary task I produced didn’t have a great deal of notable editing techniques, this calls for great progression as back when I did this I wasn’t confident enough to experiment with editorial decisions like I did in my final piece. The preliminary task was centred around continuity and focused on shots such as action matches and shot-reverse-shots so the only editorial decisions I was making was when to cut between shots, which was not fully effective as the cuts were slightly lacking, my action match didn’t really work, thus its evident that my initial editing wasn’t great. Now I have played with the contrasts, different effects such as an ‘echo’ to create the distorted look in the flash-forwards. This shows there is an evident development in my confidence with the editing software, although I’m still not as good as I’d like to be, I’ve certainly come along.

What have you learnt from the coursework overall? I have found the course very interesting and I have learnt a lot about the

process of film making including: technology, editing, the extensive shot types and one lesson overall is the important lesson of time management and organisation. At the beginning of the course I had very little idea about film making; to me it was down to recording some recording then some cutting and adding effects, I knew this would not be a straightforward process but the sheer detail and length of it went over my head. After, especially the final piece I realised the hardships that are making a media text and the extensive time that must be put into it. With the struggles I hit with filming due to time constraints, mainly put forward by my lack of organisation, I realised the importance of keeping track of things; a lesson to be applied in life not just Media Studies. A final note I’d like to make is the observation of how enjoyable it can be to create a film such as I did in AS Media. I hit many times where I was stressed about the work, felt the product wasn’t good enough, was struggling to catch up to others and more, but after the long journey I ended up with a great feeling of pride in development. This is true for the journey of my final piece and my entire progression through the course.