looking back at your PRELIMINARY task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
From re-watching our preliminary task for the first time in a few months, we have learned a variety of things that were useful to us when creating our opening title sequence. We created a reaction video as we thought it would be an accurate representation of how we felt about our preliminary task.
(CT, TA, ME & SC)
Using a tripod when appropriate
When looking at our preliminary, we noticed how wobbly many of the shots were. This is because we didn't use a tripod and we realise now how important it is for most clips. We made sure when filming for our opening title sequence, we used a tripod for the shots that needed one.
Being "natural" during shots
During a couple of the shots, it is obvious that we are not comfortable in front of the camera. There are also parts where one or both of us are laughing or looking directly at the camera, things we needed to make sure didn't happen when filming our opening title sequence. We also learned that is important to put more consideration into casting, as the right person can turn a boring clip into an exciting or interesting one.
Over-editing
We realise now that the black and white and then sudden change into colour was very cheesy, so we needed to be careful when editing our opening title sequence. We also chose a really awful transition for the end of the preliminary task, and needed to make sure we didn't include any comical transitions as they would not be relevant to the genre of our opening title sequence, horror.
Sound
We learned a lot about adding sound and how we are able to change the levels of volume and distort them to match the genre of the film. Our preliminary task has no soundtrack, and so is quite boring as there is nothing that could set the scene or evoke an emotion in the audience.
We also created a reaction video for our first practice horror. These are the results of watching it back after a few months and what we have learned about the making of horror scenes.