Friday, 2 May 2014

Looking back at our preliminary task...


On a more personal level, Ii think that our preliminary production definitely wasn't as good as our real production  in the sense that overall we simply worked better as a team, we knew how to use the equipment properly, especially the camera and tripod and I developed far more advanced skill levels with Pinnacle Studio HD15, our editing software.

The jump between the two was tremendous but I think the biggest change between the two was the sound editing. Whereas  in our preliminary production we did nothing to the sound except add a few effects, for example when the 'superhero' was sliding up the stairs, in our real production in nearly every shot we cut, dubbed, mixed and added a variety of diegetic and non-diegetic sounds and music to create the right atmosphere for our film. This enabled us to have it exactly how we wanted it in the sense that we imported different songs and then mixed in diegetic sounds such as heavy breathing and screams. I think this is the area where most of the skill had developed but we also improved our visual editing with better match on actions, graphic matches and use of slow motion and jump cut effects to show Molly was drugged. We also used lighting and colour effects to create a chiaroscuro thriller effect and to indicate our flashback narrative structure.

Furthermore, I think that as a team we worked harder because we had time limitations due to the fact we were filming in the dark. 

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